Enrollment
356
Elementary
DISTRICT 281 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANITOWOC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550861000973
Franklin Elementary
800 S 35th St, Manitowoc, WI 54220 · (920) 663-9510 · Manitowoc County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL356 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% 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.
- BBeats 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
10.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
230 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
39.4%
WI avg 53.1% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
47.7%
WI avg 54.8% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 39 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.4% | 47.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.7% | 45.0% |
% 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
44.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 (44.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary this school | 356 | 64.6% | 44.8% |
| Jackson Elementary Sheboygan | 295 | 61.0% | 54.5% |
| Ronald C Dunlap Elementary School Appleton | 314 | 65.6% | 43.6% |
| Oaklawn Elementary Oshkosh | 416 | 63.5% | 28.0% |
| Edgewood Elementary Greenfield | 325 | 62.8% | 65.5% |
| Early Learning Center Sheboygan | 521 | 70.2% | N/A |
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 Manitowoc County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #702 of 982 | #7 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #634 of 992 ▲ 52 | #7 of 13 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #749 of 992 ▼ 45 | #9 of 13 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 356 | #449 of 1,157 | #4 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #96 of 901 | #5 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #134 of 901 | #2 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.6% | #232 of 1,064 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #357 of 664 | #6 of 9 |
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
356
-41 (-10%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 396
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 356 | 33.7 | 10.6:1 | 65% (230) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 31.6 | 12.5:1 | 70% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 38.8 | 10.0:1 | 61% (236) |
| 2020-21 | 397 | 36 | 11.0:1 | 62% (248) |
| 2017-18 | 412 | 34.8 | 11.8:1 | 60% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 31 | 13.2:1 | 60% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | 28 | 13.0:1 | 53% (192) |
| 2000-01 | 416 | 28 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 396 | 16 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (412 to 356); teachers down 3% (34.8 to 33.7).
About Franklin Elementary
Franklin Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Wisconsin, located in Manitowoc. Enrolled students number 356 students, in kindergarten through 5.
Manitowoc School District has 11 schools and 4,452 students, and Franklin Elementary is one of those schools.
A majority of students at Franklin Elementary, 51%, are White. The remaining shares are 20% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 4% Black. Manitowoc County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Franklin Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
The teaching staff at Franklin Elementary is 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 10.6:1. That ratio is under the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 65%. That is higher than the 40% average for public schools in Manitowoc County.
The allk12 Grade for Franklin Elementary is C+. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 39% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Wisconsin, Franklin Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 44.8% actual against a predicted 38.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Manitowoc County show that median household income is about $69,148, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 30 public schools in Manitowoc County, with a combined enrollment of about 10,090.
The school nearest to Franklin Elementary is Washington Middle, at a distance of about 1.1 miles. Within five miles of Franklin Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Franklin Elementary ranks 4th of 8 on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Franklin Elementary is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Franklin Elementary went from 397 students to 356.
Discussions about Franklin Elementary may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Manitowoc County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
81,406
Census ACS
Median income
$69,148
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
10,090 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Manitowoc School District
- Lincoln HighHigh · 1,385 students
- Washington MiddleMiddle · 566 students
- Wilson MiddleMiddle · 478 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 344 students
- Jackson ElementaryElementary · 336 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 257 students
Other schools in Manitowoc
- Lincoln HighHigh · 1,385 students
- Washington MiddleMiddle · 566 students
- Wilson MiddleMiddle · 478 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 344 students
- Jackson ElementaryElementary · 336 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 257 students
Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary is the 40th largest of the 75.
- Franklin ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 311 students
- Franklin ElementaryMadison, WI · 308 students
- Franklin ElementaryOshkosh, WI · 308 students
- Franklin ElementaryAppleton, WI · 277 students
- Franklin ElementaryWest Allis, WI · 244 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Middle1.1 mi · 566
- Riverview Elementary1.2 mi · 257
- Riverview Early Learning Center1.2 mi · 237
- Jefferson Elementary1.4 mi · 344
- Jackson Elementary1.6 mi · 336
- Lincoln High1.8 mi · 1,385
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary enrolls approximately 356 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Franklin Elementary serve?
Franklin Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Franklin Elementary?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at Franklin Elementary.
How diverse is Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary reports a student body of 51% White, 20% Hispanic, 4% Black, 15% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary is overseen by Manitowoc School District in Manitowoc County.
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