Is Franklin Elementary a good school?

Franklin Elementary ranks in the bottom 15.0% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Franklin Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 355 students attended Franklin Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Franklin Elementary?

Students at Franklin Elementary are 95% Hispanic, 2% White, 2% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Franklin Elementary attend?

Students who attend Franklin Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Julia C. Lathrop Intermediate High : Saddleback High

Franklin Elementary

Summary:

Franklin Elementary is a public elementary school in Santa Ana, California, serving 355 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Santa Ana Unified School District, which is ranked 1241 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Franklin Elementary's academic performance, as measured by state assessments, is significantly lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 21.34% of Franklin Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 30.96% for the district and 47.04% for the state. In mathematics, only 20.73% of Franklin Elementary students were proficient or better, compared to 21.03% for the district and 35.54% for the state. The school's performance in science is also low, with only 16.07% of students proficient or better, compared to 15.71% for the district and 30.7% for the state. Additionally, Franklin Elementary has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 2.8% in 2017-2018 to 19.8% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the rates of nearby schools.

When compared to the nearby schools in the same district, such as Lowell Elementary, Pio Pico Elementary, and Martin Elementary, Franklin Elementary generally performs worse academically, has higher chronic absenteeism rates, and serves a higher percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. This suggests that Franklin Elementary may face more significant challenges and resource constraints than some of the other schools in the area.

Detail:

Public K-5

210 West Cubbon
Santa Ana, CA 92701-5649

(714) 564-2900

District: Santa Ana Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4982^nd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,580

Students who attend Franklin Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Julia C. Lathrop Intermediate
High:	Saddleback High

Student/teacher ratio: 21.4

Number of students: 355

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

95.5%

White:

2.0%

Asian:

2.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 81.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Franklin Elementary ranks worse than 85% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 22^nd among 34 ranked elementary schools in the Santa Ana Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.42. (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 (95.5%), Asian (2%), White (2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 81.4% 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 21.4. 27 elementary schools in the Santa Ana Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Franklin Elementary employs 16.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Franklin Elementary is $7,580. 18 elementary schools in the Santa Ana Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Franklin Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Franklin Elementary 4982^nd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Franklin Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Santa Ana Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Santa Ana Unified 1241^st 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	10.79	4630^th	4809	3.7%
2005	8.18	4733^rd	4822	1.8%
2006	11.15	4570^th	4818	5.1%
2007	14.65	4660^th	5113	8.9%
2008	18.80	4412^th	5113	13.7%
2009	31.87	3565^th	5193	31.3%
2010	33.05	3619^th	5314	31.9%
2011	39.23	3310^th	5377	38.4%
2012	46.72	2828^th	5390	47.5%
2013	43.08	3125^th	5530	43.5%
2015	34.82	3339^th	5611	40.5%
2016	41.95	2961^st	5614	47.3%
2017	50.32	2527^th	5692	55.6%
2018	55.39	2269^th	5662	59.9%
2019	57.21	2199^th	5789	62.0%
2022	37.80	3244^th	5883	44.9%
2023	27.91	4090^th	5874	30.4%
2024	18.42	4982^nd	5862	15.0%

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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	55.72	1018^th	3246	68.6%
2019	57.61	908^th	3275	72.3%
2022	52.89	1055^th	3311	68.1%
2023	59.38	807^th	3250	75.2%
2024	32.80	2361^st	3160	25.3%

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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	67.05	1346^th	5084	73.5%
2019	73.69	990^th	5173	80.9%
2022	50.15	2267^th	5264	56.9%
2023	35.21	3456^th	5374	35.7%
2024	21.87	4631^st	5511	16.0%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Franklin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	61.59	94^th	336	72.0%

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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	52.31	2354^th	5413	56.5%
2019	53.00	2334^th	5492	57.5%
2022	29.49	3784^th	5635	32.8%
2023	24.60	4271^st	5617	24.0%
2024	13.39	5250^th	5605	6.3%

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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	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	56.35	681^st	2227	69.4%

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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	56.40	2104^th	5431	61.3%
2019	59.83	1962^nd	5510	64.4%
2022	45.62	2677^th	5663	52.7%
2023	32.02	3610^th	5650	36.1%
2024	26.06	4176^th	5636	25.9%

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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	66.10	1319^th	4830	72.7%
2019	72.91	1014^th	4963	79.6%
2022	54.17	1934^th	5084	62.0%
2023	38.50	3027^th	5098	40.6%
2024	23.71	4211^th	5102	17.5%

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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	19	4	10	626	0	n/a	n/a	0	659
1989	21	0	10	623	0	n/a	n/a	0	654
1990	13	0	10	643	0	n/a	n/a	0	666
1991	9	0	12	653	0	n/a	n/a	0	674
1992	8	0	11	649	0	n/a	n/a	0	668
1993	7	0	8	649	0	n/a	n/a	0	664
1994	2	0	2	574	0	n/a	n/a	0	578
1995	3	0	6	536	0	n/a	n/a	0	545
1996	3	0	6	536	0	n/a	n/a	0	545
1997	6	0	6	534	0	n/a	n/a	0	546
1998	2	0	5	577	0	n/a	n/a	0	584
1999	5	0	10	602	0	n/a	n/a	0	617
2000	2	0	4	637	0	n/a	n/a	0	643
2001	4	0	6	634	0	n/a	n/a	0	644
2002	3	0	1	627	0	n/a	n/a	0	631
2003	3	0	1	627	0	n/a	n/a	0	631
2004	3	2	2	607	0	n/a	n/a	4	618
2005	0	0	0	587	0	n/a	n/a	0	587
2006	0	0	0	471	0	n/a	n/a	0	471
2007	1	0	0	438	0	n/a	n/a	0	439
2008	1	2	1	454	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	458
2009	4	0	0	469	1	0	3	0	477
2010	2	0	0	463	0	3	0	0	468
2011	1	1	0	448	0	0	1	0	451
2012	1	1	2	480	0	2	0	0	486
2013	2	1	0	476	0	0	0	0	479
2014	2	1	0	485	0	0	1	0	489
2015	2	0	0	471	0	0	0	0	473
2016	2	0	1	437	0	0	0	0	440
2017	1	1	1	442	1	0	0	0	446
2018	1	0	4	411	2	0	1	0	419
2019	5	0	5	397	2	0	0	0	409
2020	8	0	3	364	2	0	0	0	377
2021	9	0	3	364	1	0	0	0	377
2022	8	1	8	356	0	0	0	0	373
2023	7	1	7	339	1	0	0	0	355

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	659	25.0	26.3	n/a
1989	654	24.0	27.2	n/a
1990	666	25.0	26.6	n/a
1991	674	25.0	26.9	n/a
1992	668	25.4	26.2	82.5
1993	664	27.0	24.6	90.5
1994	578	23.0	25.1	93.4
1995	545	21.0	26.0	93.6
1996	545	21.0	26.0	93.6
1997	546	23.0	23.7	93.8
1998	584	25.0	23.4	90.6
1999	617	27.0	22.9	93.7
2000	643	29.0	22.2	90.2
2001	644	31.0	20.8	93.3
2002	631	31.0	20.4	91.6
2003	631	31.0	20.4	91.6
2004	618	30.0	20.6	90.7
2005	587	27.0	21.7	93.5
2006	471	24.0	19.6	93.4
2007	439	20.0	22.0	95.9
2008	458	23.5	19.5	94.3
2009	477	24.0	19.1	97.5
2010	468	20.0	23.4	98.3
2011	451	n/a	n/a	97.6
2012	486	17.5	27.7	n/a
2013	479	16.5	29.0	99.4
2014	489	17.0	28.7	97.3
2015	473	18.0	26.2	88.8
2016	440	18.0	24.4	94.8
2017	446	15.0	29.7	93.3
2018	419	14.0	29.9	88.8
2019	409	17.0	24.0	86.6
2020	377	n/a	n/a	87.3
2021	377	15.0	25.1	85.7
2022	373	16.9	21.9	61.9
2023	355	16.5	21.4	81.4

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	659	25.0	26.3	n/a
1989	654	24.0	27.2	n/a
1990	666	25.0	26.6	n/a
1991	674	25.0	26.9	n/a
1992	668	25.4	26.2	82.5
1993	664	27.0	24.6	90.5
1994	578	23.0	25.1	93.4
1995	545	21.0	26.0	93.6
1996	545	21.0	26.0	93.6
1997	546	23.0	23.7	93.8
1998	584	25.0	23.4	90.6
1999	617	27.0	22.9	93.7
2000	643	29.0	22.2	90.2
2001	644	31.0	20.8	93.3
2002	631	31.0	20.4	91.6
2003	631	31.0	20.4	91.6
2004	618	30.0	20.6	90.7
2005	587	27.0	21.7	93.5
2006	471	24.0	19.6	93.4
2007	439	20.0	22.0	95.9
2008	458	23.5	19.5	94.3
2009	477	24.0	19.1	97.5
2010	468	20.0	23.4	98.3
2011	451	n/a	n/a	97.6
2012	486	17.5	27.7	n/a
2013	479	16.5	29.0	99.4
2014	489	17.0	28.7	97.3
2015	473	18.0	26.2	88.8
2016	440	18.0	24.4	94.8
2017	446	15.0	29.7	93.3
2018	419	14.0	29.9	88.8
2019	409	17.0	24.0	86.6
2020	377	n/a	n/a	87.3
2021	377	15.0	25.1	85.7
2022	373	16.9	21.9	61.9
2023	355	16.5	21.4	81.4

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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