Benjamin Franklin Elementary and Early Learning Center

Set in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Benjamin Franklin Elementary and Early Learning Center is a big elementary school, run under Menomonee Falls School District. It hosts 526 students across grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 63% larger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Within Menomonee Falls School District, which oversees 6 schools and 3,876 students, Benjamin Franklin Elementary and Early Learning Center is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Benjamin Franklin Elementary and Early Learning Center reports that 66% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 11% multiracial, 10% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black. By comparison, Waukesha County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Benjamin Franklin Elementary and Early Learning Center has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages about 14.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Waukesha County put median household income runs about $106,076, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Benjamin Franklin Elementary and Early Learning Center is one of 113 public schools in Waukesha County (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students).

Nearest neighbor: Menomonee Falls High, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Benjamin Franklin Elementary and Early Learning Center.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 523 students in 2018 compared to 526 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 66% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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