Benjamin Franklin Elementary

Benjamin Franklin Elementary is one of the average-sized elementary-level communitys in VANCOUVER, Washington, part of Vancouver School District, with 325 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Within Vancouver School District, which oversees 43 schools and 21,783 students, Benjamin Franklin Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Benjamin Franklin Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 24% multiracial, 18% Asian, 11% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 26% of students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Clark County (around 43%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Across the wider county, Clark County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,536, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Clark County runs 151 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,406 students), of which Benjamin Franklin Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Benjamin Franklin Elementary has ticked down 19%, going from 399 students in 2018 to 325 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 59% to 46%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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