Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

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Benjamin Franklin Intermediate is a public middle school located in Colma, California, serving around 500 students in grades 6-8. It is part of the Jefferson Elementary School District, which is ranked 720 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The school has consistently underperformed compared to the district and state averages in academic assessments, with proficiency rates around 28% in English Language Arts and 21% in Math, compared to the district's 44% and 34%, and the state's 47% and 36%, respectively. The school's performance on the science assessment is also below the district and state, with only around 19% of students proficient. When compared to nearby higher-performing schools like Fernando Rivera Intermediate, Ingrid B. Lacy Middle, and Giannini (A.P.) Middle, Benjamin Franklin Intermediate lags behind in academic achievement.

The school also faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism, rising from 6% in 2017-2018 to 26.4% in 2022-2023, much higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with around 50% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, significantly higher than the state average. These factors, combined with the school's uneven performance across student subgroups, suggest that Benjamin Franklin Intermediate may be facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 700 Stewart Ave.
       Colma, CA  94015-3519


(650) 991-1202

District: Jefferson Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
1904th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,361 Help


Students who attend Benjamin Franklin Intermediate usually attend:

High:    Westmoor High

Feeder schools for Benjamin Franklin Intermediate:

Elementary:    Garden Village Elementary
    Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary
    Marjorie H. Tobias Elementary
    Westlake Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  23.0 Help
Number of students:  500

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
44.8%
Asian:
37.4%
White:
9.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  50.6% Help


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Compare Details Benjamin Franklin Intermediate ranks worse than 68.6% of middle schools in California. It also ranks last among 3 ranked middle schools in the Jefferson Elementary School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 27.81. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high 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
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Compare Details Benjamin Franklin Intermediate has the smallest middle school student body size in the Jefferson Elementary School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (44.8%), Asian (37.4%), White (9.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 50.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Benjamin Franklin Intermediate is 23, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Jefferson Elementary School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Benjamin Franklin Intermediate is $11,361. 1 middle schools in the Jefferson Elementary School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Benjamin Franklin Intermediate:

SchoolDigger ranks Benjamin Franklin Intermediate 1904th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Benjamin Franklin Intermediate in the ranking list.)

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Jefferson Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Jefferson Elementary 720th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

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Rank History for all students at Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 60.96 577th 1769 67.4%
2005 54.86 702nd 1777 60.5%
2006 48.04 853rd 1804 52.7%
2007 43.80 1041st 1999 47.9%
2008 45.08 1034th 2005 48.4%
2009 34.19 1352nd 2063 34.5%
2010 31.60 1527th 2179 29.9%
2011 38.59 1395th 2236 37.6%
2012 39.64 1365th 2259 39.6%
2013 40.11 1419th 2379 40.4%
2015 59.54 869th 2477 64.9%
2016 52.37 1054th 2497 57.8%
2017 47.81 1162nd 2508 53.7%
2018 51.18 1061st 2480 57.2%
2019 40.19 1441st 2715 46.9%
2021 39.42 508th 894 43.2%
2022 50.30 1170th 2740 57.3%
2023 35.02 1630th 2802 41.8%
2024 27.81 1904th 2777 31.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.03 385th 462 16.7%
2019 21.84 450th 554 18.8%
2023 21.32 543rd 678 19.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.57 481st 1364 64.7%
2019 46.04 519th 1442 64.0%
2021 38.69 203rd 363 44.1%
2022 40.74 732nd 1540 52.5%
2023 34.21 1023rd 1529 33.1%
2024 33.89 1016th 1477 31.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 32.27 1005th 1538 34.7%
2024 28.32 1159th 1550 25.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.63 812th 2230 63.6%
2019 48.08 1073rd 2369 54.7%
2021 44.88 358th 721 50.3%
2022 57.51 791st 2458 67.8%
2023 30.69 1732nd 2549 32.1%
2024 23.12 2057th 2575 20.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.68 1010th 2262 55.3%
2019 36.92 1401st 2380 41.1%
2021 39.65 414th 738 43.9%
2022 50.87 1052nd 2509 58.1%
2023 33.55 1528th 2547 40.0%
2024 26.24 1836th 2546 27.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.11 578th 1369 57.8%
2019 39.79 749th 1491 49.8%
2021 35.59 210th 354 40.7%
2022 41.47 723rd 1531 52.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.36 1009th 2273 55.6%
2019 41.96 1246th 2407 48.2%
2021 39.68 421st 763 44.8%
2022 49.29 1078th 2527 57.3%
2023 36.05 1469th 2558 42.6%
2024 29.96 1677th 2547 34.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.00 563rd 700 19.6%
2019 22.04 613th 745 17.7%
2022 32.54 529th 733 27.8%
2023 23.18 570th 718 20.6%
2024 17.35 618th 741 16.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.75 1138th 2072 45.1%
2019 26.52 1658th 2213 25.1%
2022 38.50 1344th 2359 43.0%
2023 23.42 1890th 2391 21.0%
2024 18.13 2081st 2383 12.7%
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Rank History for White students at Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.64 1362nd 1496 9.0%
2019 5.80 1550th 1602 3.2%
2022 14.44 1368th 1555 12.0%
2023 5.62 1505th 1552 3.0%
2024 4.18 1507th 1535 1.8%
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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.

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Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 80 50 142 114 6 n/a n/a 0 392
1989 88 44 163 121 4 n/a n/a 0 420
1990 80 44 210 146 4 n/a n/a 0 484
1991 95 59 211 169 1 n/a n/a 0 535
1992 81 68 213 191 4 n/a n/a 0 557
1993 78 68 255 195 5 n/a n/a 0 601
1994 79 56 262 184 3 n/a n/a 0 584
1995 67 60 270 233 5 n/a n/a 0 635
1996 67 60 270 233 5 n/a n/a 0 635
1997 81 59 269 240 7 n/a n/a 0 656
1998 74 58 254 225 5 n/a n/a 0 616
1999 64 36 238 194 1 n/a n/a 64 597
2000 69 31 239 197 3 n/a n/a 47 586
2001 62 22 260 175 7 n/a n/a 46 572
2002 51 30 249 190 1 n/a n/a 54 575
2003 51 30 249 190 1 n/a n/a 54 575
2004 45 31 276 184 2 n/a n/a 32 570
2005 42 33 265 178 5 n/a n/a 22 545
2006 28 24 266 171 3 n/a n/a 22 514
2007 32 26 228 155 0 n/a n/a 11 452
2008 32 34 217 151 1 n/a n/a 0 435
2009 27 28 232 166 3 9 5 0 470
2010 27 18 141 149 2 5 93 0 435
2011 42 18 236 159 2 11 19 0 487
2012 51 27 277 198 0 12 24 0 589
2013 49 33 308 202 0 11 21 0 624
2014 49 33 312 198 1 9 29 0 631
2015 64 22 358 212 0 11 29 0 696
2016 67 18 354 219 0 13 32 0 703
2017 66 14 325 215 2 13 32 0 667
2018 65 18 335 206 4 8 30 0 666
2019 67 16 344 225 4 8 27 0 691
2020 62 12 353 237 0 7 31 0 702
2021 59 5 299 220 0 9 32 0 624
2022 54 4 232 200 0 11 30 1 532
2023 47 7 187 224 1 13 21 0 500

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 Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 392 18.2 21.5 n/a
1989 420 18.9 22.2 n/a
1990 484 23.1 20.9 n/a
1991 535 23.8 22.4 n/a
1992 557 24.2 23.0 40.6
1993 601 26.0 23.1 46.4
1994 584 26.0 22.5 44.7
1995 635 27.0 23.5 50.7
1996 635 27.0 23.5 50.7
1997 656 29.5 22.2 52.7
1998 616 28.0 22.0 55.7
1999 597 29.0 20.6 50.3
2000 586 25.0 23.4 46.6
2001 572 25.0 22.9 40.9
2002 575 25.0 23.0 46.4
2003 575 25.0 23.0 46.4
2004 570 23.0 24.8 50.9
2005 545 24.0 22.7 48.9
2006 514 24.0 21.4 46.7
2007 452 20.0 22.6 50.8
2008 435 25.6 17.0 48
2009 470 18.0 14.7 49.6
2010 435 21.5 20.2 58.2
2011 487 n/a n/a 53.8
2012 589 25.3 23.2 n/a
2013 624 27.3 22.8 59.3
2014 631 26.3 23.9 58.5
2015 696 29.0 24.0 59.5
2016 703 30.0 23.4 59.6
2017 667 30.0 22.2 49.8
2018 666 31.0 21.4 62
2019 691 33.1 20.8 52
2020 702 n/a n/a 52
2021 624 28.9 21.5 46.5
2022 532 25.8 20.5 52.3
2023 500 21.6 23.0 50.6

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 Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 392 18.2 21.5 n/a
1989 420 18.9 22.2 n/a
1990 484 23.1 20.9 n/a
1991 535 23.8 22.4 n/a
1992 557 24.2 23.0 40.6
1993 601 26.0 23.1 46.4
1994 584 26.0 22.5 44.7
1995 635 27.0 23.5 50.7
1996 635 27.0 23.5 50.7
1997 656 29.5 22.2 52.7
1998 616 28.0 22.0 55.7
1999 597 29.0 20.6 50.3
2000 586 25.0 23.4 46.6
2001 572 25.0 22.9 40.9
2002 575 25.0 23.0 46.4
2003 575 25.0 23.0 46.4
2004 570 23.0 24.8 50.9
2005 545 24.0 22.7 48.9
2006 514 24.0 21.4 46.7
2007 452 20.0 22.6 50.8
2008 435 25.6 17.0 48
2009 470 18.0 14.7 49.6
2010 435 21.5 20.2 58.2
2011 487 n/a n/a 53.8
2012 589 25.3 23.2 n/a
2013 624 27.3 22.8 59.3
2014 631 26.3 23.9 58.5
2015 696 29.0 24.0 59.5
2016 703 30.0 23.4 59.6
2017 667 30.0 22.2 49.8
2018 666 31.0 21.4 62
2019 691 33.1 20.8 52
2020 702 n/a n/a 52
2021 624 28.9 21.5 46.5
2022 532 25.8 20.5 52.3
2023 500 21.6 23.0 50.6

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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Per Pupil Expenditures for Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $11,361

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1441st of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 1630th of 2802 Middle schools
 5.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Benjamin Franklin Intermediate)38.528.6
 10%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Jefferson Elementary)38.439.8
 1.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Benjamin Franklin Intermediate)26.126.5
 0.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Jefferson Elementary)2626.5
 0.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Benjamin Franklin Intermediate)53.635
 18.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Jefferson Elementary)55.246.7
 8.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Benjamin Franklin Intermediate)33.929.6
 4.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Jefferson Elementary)35.529.2
 6.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Benjamin Franklin Intermediate)4635.4
 10.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Jefferson Elementary)52.945.5
 7.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Benjamin Franklin Intermediate)18.518.7
 0.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Jefferson Elementary)33.923.5
 10.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Benjamin Franklin Intermediate)24.220
 4.2%
   8th Grade Science (Jefferson Elementary)30.619.9
 10.7%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students691500
 27.6%
African American167
 56.3%
American Indian41
 75%
Asian344187
 45.6%
Hispanic225224
 0.4%
Pacific Islander813
 62.5%
White6747
 29.9%
Two or More Races2721
 22.2%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients52%50.6%
 1.4%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

In the 2022-23 school year, 500 students attended Benjamin Franklin Intermediate.

Students who attend Benjamin Franklin Intermediate usually go on to attend Westmoor High

Students at Benjamin Franklin Intermediate are 45% Hispanic, 37% Asian, 9% White, 4% Two or more races, 3% Pacific Islander, 1% African American.

Benjamin Franklin Intermediate ranks 1904th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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