Franklin Elementary

Franklin Elementary is a moderately sized elementary-level community in Appleton, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Appleton Area School District. The school enrolls 277 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Appleton Area School District comprises 38 schools with combined enrollment of 14,994 students; Franklin Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Franklin Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 18% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 9% multiracial, 9% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Franklin Elementary records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Outagamie County (around 32%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Franklin Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.3%; this one delivers 48.4%.

In the surrounding community, Outagamie County reports that median household earnings sit near $85,069, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Outagamie County runs 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,330 students), of which Franklin Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Appleton Community 4K, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Franklin Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 53.0%.

Franklin Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Franklin Elementary has fell 20%, going from 345 students in 2018 to 277 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 69% to 49% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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