Is Franklin Elementary School a good school?

Franklin Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10.5% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Franklin Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 235 students attended Franklin Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Franklin Elementary School?

Students at Franklin Elementary School are 93% African American, 7% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of Franklin Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Franklin Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Lincoln Junior High School High : Thornridge High School

Franklin Elementary School

Summary:

Franklin Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Dolton, Illinois, serving 235 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Dolton School District 148, which is ranked 763 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Franklin Elementary School faces significant challenges, including consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 40.0% in 2020-2021 to 62.9% in 2022-2023, which is much higher than the state average. The school's academic performance, as measured by the percentage of students proficient or better in IAR/English Language Arts and IAR/Mathematics, is also consistently lower than the state and district averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 14% of Franklin Elementary students were proficient or better in IAR/English Language Arts, compared to 41.2% statewide and 19.4% in the Dolton School District 148. Additionally, the school's performance on student group metrics is mixed, with the school's African American students performing better than the overall school, but the school's female, male, and low socioeconomic status students performing significantly worse than the state averages.

Despite the relatively high spending per student at Franklin Elementary School, ranging from $16,889 in 2019-2020 to $24,514 in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average, the school's academic outcomes have not improved. When compared to the nearby Washington Elementary School, CICS - Bond Campus, and other schools in the Dolton School District 148 and the surrounding area, it becomes clear that Franklin Elementary School is one of the lower-performing schools in the region, suggesting that the challenges faced by the school may be systemic issues within the broader educational landscape of the area.

Detail:

Public K-6

14701 Chicago Rd
Dolton, IL 60419-2015

(708) 201-2083

District: Dolton School District 148

SchoolDigger Rank:
1850^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $27,124

Students who attend Franklin Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Lincoln Junior High School
High:	Thornridge High School

Student/teacher ratio: 10.5

Number of students: 235

Racial breakdown:

African American:

92.8%

Hispanic:

6.8%

Two or more races:

0.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 97.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Franklin Elementary School ranks worse than 89.5% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 5^th among 6 ranked elementary schools in the Dolton School District 148. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.03. (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

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Franklin Elementary School is $27,124. 4 elementary schools in the Dolton School District 148 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Franklin Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Franklin Elementary School 1850^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Franklin Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Dolton School District 148:

SchoolDigger ranks Dolton School District 148 763^rd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Franklin Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Franklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	20.60	1663^rd	2020	17.7%
2004	14.74	1765^th	2030	13.1%
2005	29.85	1592^nd	2022	21.3%
2006	17.12	1820^th	2086	12.8%
2007	20.17	1805^th	2095	13.8%
2008	25.59	1691^st	2092	19.2%
2009	23.11	1749^th	2120	17.5%
2010	25.13	1730^th	2139	19.1%
2011	30.64	1632^nd	2147	24.0%
2012	27.65	1715^th	2166	20.8%
2013	17.12	1874^th	2167	13.5%
2014	27.40	1595^th	2093	23.8%
2015	15.30	1838^th	2052	10.4%
2016	18.36	1737^th	2046	15.1%
2017	19.79	1690^th	2044	17.3%
2018	16.03	1793^rd	2037	12.0%
2019	9.55	2022^nd	2086	3.1%
2022	15.94	1820^th	2082	12.6%
2023	22.64	1586^th	2077	23.6%
2024	15.03	1850^th	2067	10.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Franklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	24.61	1457^th	1765	17.5%
2019	14.20	1741^st	1816	4.1%
2022	23.40	1467^th	1763	16.8%
2023	35.95	1147^th	1808	36.6%
2024	21.96	1532^nd	1793	14.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Franklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	18.85	1647^th	1964	16.1%
2019	9.36	1963^rd	2019	2.8%
2022	17.15	1694^th	1970	14.0%
2023	20.90	1569^th	1957	19.8%
2024	12.44	1851^st	1942	4.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Franklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	15.08	1784^th	1972	9.5%
2019	11.90	1908^th	2019	5.5%
2022	15.49	1783^rd	1977	9.8%
2023	25.55	1439^th	1984	27.5%
2024	18.64	1627^th	1959	16.9%

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Rank History for African American students at Franklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	39.77	380^th	698	45.6%
2019	26.12	593^rd	711	16.6%
2022	40.81	351^st	684	48.7%
2023	49.85	263^rd	692	62.0%
2024	33.27	449^th	655	31.5%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board 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: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Franklin Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	189	59	2	12	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	262
1989	170	128	1	18	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	317
1990	165	142	1	12	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	320
1991	145	187	0	13	0	n/a	n/a	0	345
1992	113	237	1	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	371
1993	101	271	3	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	393
1994	72	231	1	15	0	n/a	n/a	0	319
1995	46	348	4	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	416
1996	46	348	4	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	416
1997	19	391	3	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	427
1998	20	366	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	392
1999	6	342	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	353
2000	6	375	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	387
2001	10	380	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	395
2002	9	283	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	298
2003	9	283	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	298
2004	10	293	0	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	311
2005	9	283	1	10	0	n/a	n/a	6	309
2006	1	263	0	9	0	n/a	n/a	5	278
2007	0	261	0	11	0	n/a	n/a	6	278
2008	1	242	0	11	0	n/a	n/a	6	260
2009	2	229	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	7	244
2010	2	227	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	6	240
2011	2	216	0	6	0	0	5	0	229
2012	2	214	0	7	0	0	6	0	229
2013	2	211	0	7	2	0	6	0	228
2014	0	222	0	6	1	0	6	0	235
2015	1	238	0	6	0	0	3	0	248
2016	2	240	0	10	0	0	5	0	257
2017	1	230	0	11	0	0	5	0	247
2018	6	226	0	14	0	0	1	0	247
2019	0	231	0	18	0	0	2	0	251
2020	1	217	0	17	0	0	1	0	236
2021	5	197	0	17	1	0	2	0	222
2022	3	211	0	13	1	1	2	0	231
2023	0	218	0	16	0	0	1	0	235

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 School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	262	17.4	15.0	n/a
1989	317	18.3	17.3	n/a
1990	320	18.8	17.0	n/a
1991	345	17.6	19.6	n/a
1992	371	18.6	19.9	n/a
1993	393	16.6	23.7	n/a
1994	319	19.6	16.3	n/a
1995	416	20.0	20.8	n/a
1996	416	20.0	20.8	n/a
1997	427	21.0	20.3	n/a
1998	392	19.0	20.6	n/a
1999	353	19.0	18.6	n/a
2000	387	20.0	19.4	n/a
2001	395	19.0	20.8	n/a
2002	298	20.0	14.9	74.5
2003	298	20.0	14.9	74.5
2004	311	17.0	18.3	92.9
2005	309	18.0	17.2	84.8
2006	278	20.1	13.8	77.3
2007	278	17.0	16.4	86.4
2008	260	17.0	15.3	90.2
2009	244	20.0	12.2	87.3
2010	240	21.0	11.4	91.9
2011	229	19.0	12.0	88.2
2012	229	17.0	13.4	86.9
2013	228	24.2	9.3	90.4
2014	235	22.0	10.6	90.2
2015	248	22.0	11.2	89.1
2016	257	21.0	12.2	94.6
2017	247	22.0	11.2	98.4
2018	247	21.0	11.7	96
2019	251	21.2	11.8	97.2
2020	236	20.0	11.7	88.6
2021	222	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	231	22.3	10.3	96.1
2023	235	22.3	10.5	97.4

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 School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	262	17.4	15.0	n/a
1989	317	18.3	17.3	n/a
1990	320	18.8	17.0	n/a
1991	345	17.6	19.6	n/a
1992	371	18.6	19.9	n/a
1993	393	16.6	23.7	n/a
1994	319	19.6	16.3	n/a
1995	416	20.0	20.8	n/a
1996	416	20.0	20.8	n/a
1997	427	21.0	20.3	n/a
1998	392	19.0	20.6	n/a
1999	353	19.0	18.6	n/a
2000	387	20.0	19.4	n/a
2001	395	19.0	20.8	n/a
2002	298	20.0	14.9	74.5
2003	298	20.0	14.9	74.5
2004	311	17.0	18.3	92.9
2005	309	18.0	17.2	84.8
2006	278	20.1	13.8	77.3
2007	278	17.0	16.4	86.4
2008	260	17.0	15.3	90.2
2009	244	20.0	12.2	87.3
2010	240	21.0	11.4	91.9
2011	229	19.0	12.0	88.2
2012	229	17.0	13.4	86.9
2013	228	24.2	9.3	90.4
2014	235	22.0	10.6	90.2
2015	248	22.0	11.2	89.1
2016	257	21.0	12.2	94.6
2017	247	22.0	11.2	98.4
2018	247	21.0	11.7	96
2019	251	21.2	11.8	97.2
2020	236	20.0	11.7	88.6
2021	222	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	231	22.3	10.3	96.1
2023	235	22.3	10.5	97.4

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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