Is Franklin Elementary a good school?

Franklin Elementary ranks in the bottom 14.4% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Franklin Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 782 students attended Franklin Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Franklin Elementary?

Students at Franklin Elementary are 80% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 5% African American, 5% Asian, 3% White.

What schools do graduates of Franklin Elementary attend?

Students who attend Franklin Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Mark Twain Junior High High : Modesto High

Franklin Elementary

Summary:

Franklin Elementary is a public elementary school located in Modesto, California, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 766 students. The school is part of the Modesto City Elementary District, which is ranked 1224 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Franklin Elementary faces significant challenges compared to its nearby counterparts, such as Enslen Elementary, John Fremont Elementary, and Alberta Martone Elementary. The school has had high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 6.4% in 2020-2021 to 53.1% in 2021-2022, which is significantly higher than the nearby schools. Additionally, Franklin Elementary consistently underperforms compared to the Modesto City Elementary district and the state of California in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, as well as the CAST Science assessments. For example, in 2023-2024, only 25.49% of Franklin Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 30.86% for the Modesto City Elementary district and 47.04% for the state.

The high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at Franklin Elementary, ranging from 95.04% to 96.44% in recent years, suggests that the school serves a predominantly low-income population, which may contribute to the challenges the school faces in terms of academic performance and attendance. Addressing these issues will likely require a comprehensive, multi-faceted approach to support the students and community served by the school.

Detail:

Public K-6

120 South Emerald Ave.
Modesto, CA 95351-1901

(209) 574-8112

District: Modesto City Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
5018^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,203

Students who attend Franklin Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Mark Twain Junior High
High:	Modesto High

Student/teacher ratio: 21.8

Number of students: 782

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

80.4%

Two or more races:

6.3%

African American:

4.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 97.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Franklin Elementary ranks worse than 85.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 15^th among 22 ranked elementary schools in the Modesto City Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.03. (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 (80.4%), two or more races (6.3%), African American (4.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 97.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary is 21.8. 13 elementary schools in the Modesto City Elementary School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Franklin Elementary employs 35.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Franklin Elementary is $12,203. 18 elementary schools in the Modesto City Elementary School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Franklin Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Franklin Elementary 5018^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Franklin Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Modesto City Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Modesto City Elementary 1224^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Franklin Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Franklin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	11.77	4569^th	4809	5.0%
2005	11.81	4550^th	4822	5.6%
2006	10.21	4621^st	4818	4.1%
2007	14.98	4641^st	5113	9.2%
2008	11.85	4828^th	5113	5.6%
2009	16.50	4644^th	5193	10.6%
2010	11.37	5095^th	5314	4.1%
2011	8.04	5274^th	5377	1.9%
2012	5.46	5330^th	5390	1.1%
2013	6.20	5441^st	5530	1.6%
2015	9.04	5526^th	5611	1.5%
2016	7.49	5539^th	5614	1.3%
2017	7.78	5601^st	5692	1.6%
2018	9.22	5479^th	5662	3.2%
2019	10.23	5550^th	5789	4.1%
2021	11.08	1372^nd	1417	3.2%
2022	12.85	5546^th	5883	5.7%
2023	12.50	5527^th	5874	5.9%
2024	18.03	5018^th	5862	14.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Franklin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	27.25	2583^rd	3246	20.4%
2019	26.15	2768^th	3275	15.5%
2021	30.96	462^nd	602	23.3%
2022	35.40	2173^rd	3311	34.4%
2023	37.16	2011^th	3250	38.1%
2024	53.56	997^th	3160	68.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Franklin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	18.15	2486^th	2634	5.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Franklin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	12.31	4862^nd	5084	4.4%
2019	13.64	4904^th	5173	5.2%
2021	16.59	1044^th	1110	5.9%
2022	18.17	4773^rd	5264	9.3%
2023	16.41	4946^th	5374	8.0%
2024	24.16	4437^th	5511	19.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Franklin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	10.51	5209^th	5413	3.8%
2019	11.71	5215^th	5492	5.0%
2021	11.12	1236^th	1267	2.4%
2022	12.94	5367^th	5635	4.8%
2023	14.05	5232^nd	5617	6.9%
2024	19.43	4757^th	5605	15.1%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Franklin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	16.11	2123^rd	2128	0.2%
2019	14.35	2582^nd	2585	0.1%
2022	22.35	1901^st	2227	14.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Franklin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	9.11	5306^th	5431	2.3%
2019	9.99	5349^th	5510	2.9%
2021	12.79	1205^th	1272	5.3%
2022	14.10	5295^th	5663	6.5%
2023	12.61	5336^th	5650	5.6%
2024	17.72	4924^th	5636	12.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Franklin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	18.25	682^nd	747	8.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Franklin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	12.80	4604^th	4830	4.7%
2019	13.77	4718^th	4963	4.9%
2022	15.41	4773^rd	5084	6.1%
2023	16.06	4730^th	5098	7.2%
2024	23.87	4200^th	5102	17.7%

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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 Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	174	91	181	226	1	n/a	n/a	0	673
1989	156	80	228	226	0	n/a	n/a	0	690
1990	193	85	238	257	2	n/a	n/a	0	775
1991	162	74	217	282	3	n/a	n/a	0	738
1992	166	77	264	304	2	n/a	n/a	0	813
1993	187	82	274	374	4	n/a	n/a	0	921
1994	176	103	250	374	5	n/a	n/a	0	908
1995	144	87	212	396	3	n/a	n/a	0	842
1996	144	87	212	396	3	n/a	n/a	0	842
1997	140	86	194	420	3	n/a	n/a	0	843
1998	139	81	151	445	6	n/a	n/a	0	822
1999	133	106	157	488	8	n/a	n/a	0	892
2000	126	90	119	530	7	n/a	n/a	0	872
2001	119	104	116	534	9	n/a	n/a	0	882
2002	134	105	109	651	8	n/a	n/a	0	1007
2003	134	105	109	651	8	n/a	n/a	0	1007
2004	133	104	94	621	7	n/a	n/a	0	959
2005	101	92	87	606	4	n/a	n/a	0	890
2006	86	104	69	587	9	n/a	n/a	1	856
2007	95	87	67	554	11	n/a	n/a	10	824
2008	79	81	55	493	12	n/a	n/a	0	720
2009	60	45	41	497	9	8	9	0	669
2010	61	37	52	494	9	7	10	0	670
2011	65	50	66	616	10	8	52	0	867
2012	58	60	63	631	6	6	43	0	867
2013	58	50	56	653	6	6	49	0	878
2014	65	50	50	679	7	5	59	0	915
2015	61	42	53	676	6	4	55	0	897
2016	51	51	55	653	6	5	69	0	890
2017	57	40	48	663	3	7	59	0	877
2018	51	50	47	619	4	10	57	0	838
2019	50	52	46	605	2	6	54	0	815
2020	39	47	43	591	2	8	54	0	784
2021	33	37	45	579	1	5	43	0	743
2022	25	32	42	605	3	4	48	0	759
2023	22	32	38	618	2	3	51	0	766
2024	25	38	36	629	2	3	49	0	782

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 Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	673	26.0	25.8	n/a
1989	690	27.0	25.5	n/a
1990	775	29.6	26.1	n/a
1991	738	29.8	24.7	n/a
1992	813	30.3	26.8	92.4
1993	921	37.0	24.9	68.3
1994	908	37.0	24.5	73.1
1995	842	39.8	21.2	92.5
1996	842	39.8	21.2	92.5
1997	843	34.0	24.8	94.7
1998	822	37.4	22.0	94.2
1999	892	37.6	23.7	95
2000	872	36.6	23.8	94.7
2001	882	37.6	23.5	94.7
2002	1007	49.6	20.3	92.9
2003	1007	49.6	20.3	92.9
2004	959	47.0	20.4	94.2
2005	890	44.0	20.2	95.5
2006	856	43.0	19.9	90.9
2007	824	41.7	19.8	92
2008	720	42.2	17.1	92.5
2009	669	37.0	16.7	91.2
2010	670	34.0	19.7	88.5
2011	867	n/a	n/a	98.4
2012	867	40.0	21.6	n/a
2013	878	33.0	26.6	99.7
2014	915	35.0	26.1	96.2
2015	897	34.0	26.3	98.9
2016	890	34.0	26.1	98.8
2017	877	33.0	26.5	98.4
2018	838	36.0	23.2	98.6
2019	815	34.0	23.9	96.6
2020	784	n/a	n/a	94.4
2021	743	30.9	23.9	95.8
2022	759	30.1	25.1	96.4
2023	766	31.9	23.9	95
2024	782	35.7	21.8	97.1

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 Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	673	26.0	25.8	n/a
1989	690	27.0	25.5	n/a
1990	775	29.6	26.1	n/a
1991	738	29.8	24.7	n/a
1992	813	30.3	26.8	92.4
1993	921	37.0	24.9	68.3
1994	908	37.0	24.5	73.1
1995	842	39.8	21.2	92.5
1996	842	39.8	21.2	92.5
1997	843	34.0	24.8	94.7
1998	822	37.4	22.0	94.2
1999	892	37.6	23.7	95
2000	872	36.6	23.8	94.7
2001	882	37.6	23.5	94.7
2002	1007	49.6	20.3	92.9
2003	1007	49.6	20.3	92.9
2004	959	47.0	20.4	94.2
2005	890	44.0	20.2	95.5
2006	856	43.0	19.9	90.9
2007	824	41.7	19.8	92
2008	720	42.2	17.1	92.5
2009	669	37.0	16.7	91.2
2010	670	34.0	19.7	88.5
2011	867	n/a	n/a	98.4
2012	867	40.0	21.6	n/a
2013	878	33.0	26.6	99.7
2014	915	35.0	26.1	96.2
2015	897	34.0	26.3	98.9
2016	890	34.0	26.1	98.8
2017	877	33.0	26.5	98.4
2018	838	36.0	23.2	98.6
2019	815	34.0	23.9	96.6
2020	784	n/a	n/a	94.4
2021	743	30.9	23.9	95.8
2022	759	30.1	25.1	96.4
2023	766	31.9	23.9	95
2024	782	35.7	21.8	97.1

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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