Is Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary a good school?

Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary ranks 3134 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 633 students attended Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary?

Students at Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary are 87% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary attend?

Students who attend Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Sycamore Junior High High : Anaheim High

Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary

Summary:

Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary is a public elementary school in Anaheim, California, serving students from kindergarten to 6th grade. With a strong academic performance that often outpaces the district and state averages, this school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the years, currently sitting at 3134 out of 5,862 California elementary schools.

One of the school's key strengths is its student performance, particularly in certain subgroups. Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary consistently outperforms the Anaheim Elementary District and the state of California in academic proficiency across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in 6th grade English Language Arts/Literacy, the school had a 42.86% proficiency rate, compared to 30.32% for the district and 45.82% for the state. The school also performs well for Hispanic students and English Language Learners, ranking in the top quartile of California elementary schools for these subgroups.

However, the school faces some challenges, such as a significant increase in chronic absenteeism rates, from 7.8% in 2018-2019 to 32.5% in 2022-2023. This high rate of chronic absenteeism may be linked to the school's high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 73.14% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. While Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary generally outperforms nearby schools in the Anaheim Elementary District, there are still areas where the school could improve, such as in 5th and 6th grade Mathematics, where proficiency rates are lower than the state average.

Detail:

Public K-6

521 West Water St.
Anaheim, CA 92805-4542

(714) 517-8905

District: Anaheim Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
3134^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,177

Students who attend Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Sycamore Junior High
High:	Anaheim High

Student/teacher ratio: 23.4

Number of students: 633

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

87.0%

White:

4.7%

Two or more races:

4.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 73.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary ranks worse than 53.5% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 3^rd among 23 ranked elementary schools in the Anaheim Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 40.74. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (87%), White (4.7%), two or more races (4.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 73.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary is 23.4. 18 elementary schools in the Anaheim Elementary School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary employs 27 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary is $7,177. 11 elementary schools in the Anaheim Elementary School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary 3134^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Anaheim Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Anaheim Elementary 1218^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	15.54	4305^th	4809	10.5%
2005	18.13	4088^th	4822	15.2%
2006	22.88	3799^th	4818	21.1%
2007	29.78	3586^th	5113	29.9%
2008	39.91	2948^th	5113	42.3%
2009	55.25	2165^th	5193	58.3%
2010	55.52	2247^th	5314	57.7%
2011	66.33	1679^th	5377	68.8%
2012	63.50	1862^nd	5390	65.5%
2013	62.44	1975^th	5530	64.3%
2015	35.34	3301^st	5611	41.2%
2016	35.31	3388^th	5614	39.7%
2017	37.83	3251^st	5692	42.9%
2018	48.70	2629^th	5662	53.6%
2019	54.44	2356^th	5789	59.3%
2022	41.38	2994^th	5883	49.1%
2023	40.27	3108^th	5874	47.1%
2024	40.74	3134^th	5862	46.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	47.54	1365^th	3246	57.9%
2019	37.34	1960^th	3275	40.2%
2022	44.95	1472^nd	3311	55.5%
2023	47.69	1307^th	3250	59.8%
2024	51.20	1112^th	3160	64.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	56.23	746^th	2420	69.2%
2024	52.14	914^th	2634	65.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	66.91	1353^rd	5084	73.4%
2019	72.88	1039^th	5173	79.9%
2022	52.62	2117^th	5264	59.8%
2023	50.30	2348^th	5374	56.3%
2024	46.85	2612^th	5511	52.6%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	64.86	83^rd	364	77.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	43.06	2886^th	5413	46.7%
2019	56.61	2139^th	5492	61.1%
2022	36.34	3244^th	5635	42.4%
2023	37.24	3200^th	5617	43.0%
2024	39.39	3109^th	5605	44.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	62.15	537^th	2128	74.8%
2019	57.68	780^th	2585	69.8%
2022	57.60	642^nd	2227	71.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	53.21	2267^th	5431	58.3%
2019	51.62	2385^th	5510	56.7%
2022	45.83	2669^th	5663	52.9%
2023	42.96	2873^rd	5650	49.2%
2024	42.45	2907^th	5636	48.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	63.36	1473^rd	4830	69.5%
2019	68.21	1248^th	4963	74.9%
2022	52.83	2021^st	5084	60.2%
2023	54.77	1955^th	5098	61.7%
2024	54.23	1992^nd	5102	61.0%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	166	16	22	374	1	n/a	n/a	0	579
1989	153	8	18	433	2	n/a	n/a	0	614
1990	131	24	21	473	1	n/a	n/a	0	650
1991	117	13	21	567	4	n/a	n/a	0	722
1992	130	7	21	646	0	n/a	n/a	0	804
1993	117	23	24	725	1	n/a	n/a	0	890
1994	105	12	28	728	1	n/a	n/a	0	874
1995	67	9	15	815	0	n/a	n/a	0	906
1996	67	9	15	815	0	n/a	n/a	0	906
1997	56	8	16	712	0	n/a	n/a	0	792
1998	67	11	17	771	0	n/a	n/a	0	866
1999	74	10	25	826	0	n/a	n/a	0	935
2000	64	14	30	909	0	n/a	n/a	0	1017
2001	53	7	27	926	2	n/a	n/a	0	1015
2002	45	10	33	953	8	n/a	n/a	0	1049
2003	45	10	33	953	8	n/a	n/a	0	1049
2004	52	10	34	929	7	n/a	n/a	0	1032
2005	52	8	40	859	4	n/a	n/a	0	963
2006	42	18	32	809	4	n/a	n/a	0	905
2007	34	17	36	791	4	n/a	n/a	1	883
2008	36	13	20	637	5	n/a	n/a	0	711
2009	32	12	19	664	3	3	12	0	745
2010	39	13	21	716	2	6	2	0	799
2011	33	10	29	738	2	6	4	0	822
2012	29	6	26	763	1	5	5	0	835
2013	35	7	31	785	1	5	0	0	864
2014	33	14	36	818	0	4	1	0	906
2015	38	7	31	822	0	4	6	0	908
2016	32	4	34	778	0	4	6	0	858
2017	31	5	35	740	0	4	6	0	821
2018	44	3	23	689	0	2	8	0	769
2019	41	5	24	648	0	2	10	0	730
2020	41	2	24	613	0	2	15	0	697
2021	33	2	15	551	0	1	17	1	620
2022	26	2	17	550	0	2	27	0	624
2023	30	4	18	551	0	2	28	0	633

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	579	22.0	26.3	n/a
1989	614	24.0	25.5	n/a
1990	650	25.0	26.0	n/a
1991	722	29.0	24.8	n/a
1992	804	29.5	27.2	50.1
1993	890	31.0	28.7	57.8
1994	874	33.0	26.5	82.4
1995	906	34.0	26.6	90.7
1996	906	34.0	26.6	90.7
1997	792	32.0	24.8	0
1998	866	38.0	22.8	92
1999	935	42.5	22.0	91.1
2000	1017	43.5	23.4	89
2001	1015	44.5	22.8	93.3
2002	1049	49.0	21.4	91.5
2003	1049	49.0	21.4	91.5
2004	1032	47.5	21.7	85.9
2005	963	46.0	20.9	84.9
2006	905	42.0	21.5	85.5
2007	883	38.5	22.9	87
2008	711	37.5	19.0	87.8
2009	745	35.5	19.9	85.9
2010	799	39.4	20.2	87.2
2011	822	n/a	n/a	84.2
2012	835	30.2	27.6	n/a
2013	864	32.5	26.5	87.5
2014	906	31.7	28.5	87
2015	908	32.0	28.3	87.3
2016	858	32.0	26.8	79.6
2017	821	33.0	24.8	82.7
2018	769	30.0	25.6	85
2019	730	30.0	24.3	85.9
2020	697	n/a	n/a	81.5
2021	620	26.0	23.8	89.2
2022	624	28.0	22.2	74.2
2023	633	27.0	23.4	73.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	579	22.0	26.3	n/a
1989	614	24.0	25.5	n/a
1990	650	25.0	26.0	n/a
1991	722	29.0	24.8	n/a
1992	804	29.5	27.2	50.1
1993	890	31.0	28.7	57.8
1994	874	33.0	26.5	82.4
1995	906	34.0	26.6	90.7
1996	906	34.0	26.6	90.7
1997	792	32.0	24.8	0
1998	866	38.0	22.8	92
1999	935	42.5	22.0	91.1
2000	1017	43.5	23.4	89
2001	1015	44.5	22.8	93.3
2002	1049	49.0	21.4	91.5
2003	1049	49.0	21.4	91.5
2004	1032	47.5	21.7	85.9
2005	963	46.0	20.9	84.9
2006	905	42.0	21.5	85.5
2007	883	38.5	22.9	87
2008	711	37.5	19.0	87.8
2009	745	35.5	19.9	85.9
2010	799	39.4	20.2	87.2
2011	822	n/a	n/a	84.2
2012	835	30.2	27.6	n/a
2013	864	32.5	26.5	87.5
2014	906	31.7	28.5	87
2015	908	32.0	28.3	87.3
2016	858	32.0	26.8	79.6
2017	821	33.0	24.8	82.7
2018	769	30.0	25.6	85
2019	730	30.0	24.3	85.9
2020	697	n/a	n/a	81.5
2021	620	26.0	23.8	89.2
2022	624	28.0	22.2	74.2
2023	633	27.0	23.4	73.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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