Enrollment
277
Elementary
DISTRICT 306 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·APPLETON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550039000054
Franklin Elementary
2212 N Jarchow St, Appleton, WI 54911 · (920) 852-5475 · Outagamie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL277 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
11.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
146 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 7 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
43.9%
WI avg 53.1% . -7.5pp since 2023
Math
47.7%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.9% | 47.7% |
| 2023-24 | 51.4% | 45.8% |
% 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
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Franklin Elementary
Franklin Elementary's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary this school | 277 | 52.7% | 48.4% |
| Horizons Elementary Appleton | 264 | 55.7% | 52.9% |
| North Woods International School La Crosse | 255 | 58.8% | 46.6% |
| MacArthur Elementary Green Bay | 223 | 56.5% | 58.0% |
| Webster Elementary Green Bay | 271 | 54.2% | 58.0% |
| Jackson Elementary Sheboygan | 295 | 61.0% | 54.5% |
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 Franklin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Outagamie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #643 of 982 | #22 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #633 of 992 ▲ 42 | #23 of 31 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #678 of 992 ▼ 110 | #29 of 31 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 277 | #689 of 1,157 | #22 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #151 of 901 | #8 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #104 of 901 | #6 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.7% | #368 of 1,064 | #7 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #224 of 664 | #10 of 21 |
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
277
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 534
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 277 | 24.8 | 11.2:1 | 53% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 297 | 24.2 | 12.3:1 | 58% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 287 | 21 | 13.7:1 | 55% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 278 | 23 | 12.1:1 | 58% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 23.2 | 14.9:1 | 43% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 376 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 48% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 22 | 16.7:1 | 36% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 448 | 33 | 13.6:1 | 18% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 534 | 24 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (345 to 277); teachers up 7% (23.2 to 24.8).
About Franklin Elementary
Franklin Elementary is an elementary school located in Appleton, Wisconsin, in Outagamie County. It had 277 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
A total of 38 schools make up Appleton Area School District, with 14,994 students enrolled.
About 49% of students at Franklin Elementary are White, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 18% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 9% Black. Among all residents of Outagamie County, the White share is about 86%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
The school has 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.2 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 53% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Outagamie County average 32%.
Among Wisconsin public elementary schools, Franklin Elementary outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Franklin Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.4%; the prediction is 45.3%.
The county, Outagamie County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $85,069 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Outagamie County has 73 public schools with about 31,330 students, including Franklin Elementary.
Of the public schools around it, Franklin Elementary is closest to Appleton Community 4K, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 53.0% on proficiency, and Franklin Elementary is below that at 48.4%.
In the federal locale system, Franklin Elementary is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (278) and 2024-25 (277).
The allk12 page for Franklin Elementary lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Outagamie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
192,826
Census ACS
Median income
$85,069
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
31,330 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Appleton Area School District
- North HighHigh · 1,635 students
- East HighHigh · 1,238 students
- West HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Madison MiddleMiddle · 929 students
- Einstein MiddleMiddle · 851 students
- Wisconsin Connections AcademyCombined · 743 students
Other schools in Appleton
- North HighHigh · 1,635 students
- East HighHigh · 1,238 students
- West HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Madison MiddleMiddle · 929 students
- Einstein MiddleMiddle · 851 students
- Wisconsin Connections AcademyCombined · 743 students
Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary is the 55th largest of the 75.
- Franklin ElementaryManitowoc, WI · 356 students
- Franklin ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 311 students
- Franklin ElementaryMadison, WI · 308 students
- Franklin ElementaryOshkosh, WI · 308 students
- Franklin ElementaryWest Allis, WI · 244 students
Nearby schools
- Appleton Community 4K0.3 mi · 672
- Kaleidoscope Academy0.5 mi · 456
- Einstein Middle0.6 mi · 851
- Ferber Elementary0.8 mi · 499
- Classical School0.8 mi · 487
- Appleton Bilingual School0.9 mi · 139
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin ElementaryHow large is Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary enrolls approximately 277 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Franklin Elementary serve?
Franklin Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Franklin Elementary have?
Franklin Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
How diverse is Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary reports a student body of 49% White, 18% Hispanic, 9% Black, 14% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary is overseen by Appleton Area School District in Outagamie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.