Enrollment
308
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550483000519
Ben Franklin Elementary
7620 S 83rd St, Franklin, WI 53132 · (414) 529-8270 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
80 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 | 34 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 54% · 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
Ben Franklin Elementary→Forest Park Middle
Based on grade levels within Franklin Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.4%
WI avg 53.1% . +16.5pp since 2023
Math
65.4%
WI avg 54.8% . +8.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.4% | 65.4% |
| 2023-24 | 48.9% | 56.7% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. 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
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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 Ben Franklin Elementary
Ben Franklin Elementary's state test result (60.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Franklin Elementary this school | 308 | 26.0% | 60.5% |
| Meadowview Elementary Oak Creek | 320 | 25.6% | 66.3% |
| Northside Elementary Middleton | 307 | 19.5% | 76.7% |
| College Park Elementary Greendale | 273 | 33.7% | 72.5% |
| Edgerton Elementary Hales Corners | 378 | 25.9% | 73.4% |
| Hillcrest Elementary Waukesha | 239 | 29.3% | 73.4% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 Ben Franklin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #404 of 982 | #33 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #283 of 992 ▲ 226 | #28 of 174 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #229 of 992 ▲ 382 | #26 of 174 ▲ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 308 | #595 of 1,157 | #105 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #470 of 901 | #34 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #326 of 901 | #80 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.0% | #796 of 1,064 | #151 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.8% | #203 of 664 | #47 of 133 |
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
308
+5 (+2%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 322
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 308 | 23.1 | 13.3:1 | 26% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 22.6 | 14.0:1 | 23% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 23.8 | 13.9:1 | 19% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 29 | 10.4:1 | 17% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 22.5 | 17.3:1 | 11% (43) |
| 2015-16 | 363 | 22 | 16.5:1 | 10% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 25 | 14.3:1 | 10% (35) |
| 2000-01 | 395 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 10% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 322 | 16 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ben Franklin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (389 to 308); teachers up 3% (22.5 to 23.1).
About Ben Franklin Elementary
A medium-sized elementary school in Franklin, Wisconsin, Ben Franklin Elementary is part of Franklin Public School District. The school reports 308 students in pre-K through 5.
Franklin Public School District has 8 schools; together they serve 4,666 students.
Ben Franklin Elementary is 69% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 18% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Milwaukee County's population at about 51%. Ben Franklin Elementary's diversity index is 49%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 23.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Eligible students account for 26% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in Milwaukee County, the average is 64%.
allk12 grades Ben Franklin Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 61.7% at Ben Franklin Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 60.5%.
Ben Franklin Elementary is located in Milwaukee County, where the median household income is $64,435, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Besides Ben Franklin Elementary, Milwaukee County has 283 other public schools.
Forest Park Middle is located about 0.8 miles from Ben Franklin Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Ben Franklin Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Ben Franklin Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 303 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 308. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 13.3:1, from 10.4:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Ben Franklin Elementary covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin Public School District
- Franklin HighHigh · 1,605 students
- Forest Park MiddleMiddle · 1,056 students
- Country Dale ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Robinwood ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Pleasant View ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Southwood Glen ElementaryElementary · 370 students
Other schools in Franklin
- Franklin HighHigh · 1,605 students
- Forest Park MiddleMiddle · 1,056 students
- Country Dale ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Robinwood ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Pleasant View ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Southwood Glen ElementaryElementary · 370 students
Other Ben Franklin Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Ben Franklin Elementary. Ben Franklin Elementary is the 5th largest of the 6.
- BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY · 460 students
- Ben Franklin Elementary SchoolIndiana, PA · 414 students
- BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGrand Forks, ND · 367 students
- Ben Franklin ElementaryLAWRENCEVILLE, NJ · 342 students
- Ben Franklin Elementary SchoolNewark, OH · 265 students
Nearby schools
- Forest Park Middle0.8 mi · 1,056
- Robinwood Elementary1.6 mi · 437
- Milwaukee County Community Reintegration Center1.9 mi · 31
- Franklin High2.1 mi · 1,605
- Greendale High2.2 mi · 882
- Country Dale Elementary2.3 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Ben Franklin ElementaryHow large is Ben Franklin Elementary?
Ben Franklin Elementary enrolls approximately 308 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ben Franklin Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ben Franklin Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Ben Franklin Elementary have?
Ben Franklin Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
How diverse is Ben Franklin Elementary?
Ben Franklin Elementary reports a student body of 69% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Ben Franklin Elementary public or private?
Ben Franklin Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Franklin Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.