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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOKANE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530825001374
Franklin Elementary
2627 E 17Th Ave, Spokane, WA 99223 · (509) 354-2620 · Spokane County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
224 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 13 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Franklin Elementary→Alternative Tamarack School
Based on grade levels within Spokane School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
56.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -9.2pp since 2014
Math
52.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -11.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.3% | 52.1% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 63.5% | 54.9% |
| 2021-22 | 65.1% | 56.8% |
| 2018-19 | 70.7% | 65.3% |
| 2017-18 | 71.4% | 57.0% |
| 2016-17 | 68.2% | 59.5% |
| 2015-16 | 71.6% | 62.3% |
| 2014-15 | 65.6% | 63.6% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Franklin Elementary
Franklin Elementary's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary this school | 428 | 52.3% | 55.3% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Spokane | 402 | 53.2% | 57.8% |
| Farwell Elementary School SPOKANE | 471 | 47.8% | 59.5% |
| Clear Creek Elementary School SILVERDALE | 448 | 49.1% | 49.5% |
| Phil Snowdon Elementary Cheney | 525 | 53.0% | 49.3% |
| Foothills Elementary Buckley | 470 | 49.8% | 53.0% |
Matched among Washington elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Franklin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #340 of 936 | #29 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #404 of 1,103 ▼ 23 | #34 of 83 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #381 of 1,102 ▼ 2 | #31 of 83 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.7pp | #99 of 928 | #10 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #524 of 1,268 | #28 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #111 of 1,085 | #25 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.0% | #767 of 1,088 | #31 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.3% | #594 of 1,169 | #52 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #764 of 778 | #66 of 67 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
428
-17 (-4%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 367
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 16.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 428 | 31.6 | 13.5:1 | 52% (224) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 32.3 | 12.9:1 | 53% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 35.3 | 12.9:1 | 52% (238) |
| 2020-21 | 445 | 27 | 16.5:1 | 44% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 432 | 26.6 | 16.3:1 | 46% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 23 | 17.1:1 | 48% (188) |
| 2010-11 | 378 | 16 | 23.6:1 | 41% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 344 | 18 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 367 | 15 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (432 to 428); teachers up 19% (26.6 to 31.6).
About Franklin Elementary
Franklin Elementary is a public elementary school in Spokane, Washington. It serves 428 students in pre-K through 6.
District-wide, Spokane School District has 62 schools and 28,853 students.
At 68%, White students outnumber all other groups at Franklin Elementary combined. The school is also 13% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 2% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 83%. The chance that two students picked at random at Franklin Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.5:1, with 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 17.3:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Franklin Elementary is 52%. Across public schools in Spokane County, the average is about the same, 52%.
Schools in Washington with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 45.1%. Franklin Elementary scores 55.3%.
Among Spokane County residents, median household income is about $78,582, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Franklin Elementary is one of 187 public schools in Spokane County, which together enroll about 76,588 students.
Lincoln Heights Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. Franklin Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Franklin Elementary ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Franklin Elementary is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
The number of students dropped from 445 to 428 over 4 years. The school's ratio fell from 16.5:1 to 13.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spokane School District
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
Other schools in Spokane
- Mead Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,827 students
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary is the 26th largest of the 75.
- Franklin ElementaryPORT ANGELES, WA · 318 students
- Franklin ElementaryPullman, WA · 274 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolTacoma, WA · 260 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolKEARNY, NJ · 950 students
- Franklin ElementaryElk Grove, CA · 932 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Heights Elementary0.6 mi · 435
- Grant Elementary1.0 mi · 289
- Libby Center1.1 mi · 305
- Frances Scott Elementary1.1 mi · 372
- Spokane Virtual Academy1.2 mi · 247
- Hutton Elementary1.3 mi · 492
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary enrolls approximately 428 students in grades PK-06.
Is Franklin Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Franklin Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary is approximately 13.5:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Elementary?
At Franklin Elementary, the student body is approximately 68% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Franklin Elementary public or private?
Franklin Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Spokane School District.
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