Franklin Elementary School

Summary:

Franklin Elementary School is a public school in Newark, New Jersey, serving 745 students from pre-kindergarten to 8th grade. The school is part of the Newark Public School District, which is ranked 559 out of 615 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Franklin Elementary School faces significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students. The school consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of New Jersey elementary schools, with only 11.9% of 3rd-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 42%. The school's performance is particularly low in mathematics, with only 4.4% of 8th-grade students proficient or better, compared to the state average of 17.8%. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 31.7%, significantly higher than the state and district averages.

The nearby schools within the Newark Public School District, such as Dr. E. Alma Flagg School, Rafael Hernandez School, and Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School, also perform poorly on academic measures and have high chronic absenteeism rates, similar to Franklin Elementary School. In contrast, the charter schools in the area, such as Robert Treat Academy Charter School and Philip's Academy Charter School, significantly outperform the traditional public schools in academic achievement.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

 42 Park Ave
       Newark, NJ  07104-1044


(973) 268-5250

District: Newark Public School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1221st of 1,342 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,556 Help


Students who attend Franklin Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Barringer High School
    Central High School
    East Side High School
    Malcolm X Shabazz High School
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Student/teacher ratio:  12.2 Help
Number of students:  745

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
84.2%
African American:
13.3%
White:
1.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  83.8% Help


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Compare Details Franklin Elementary School ranks worse than 91% of elementary schools in New Jersey. It also ranks 18th among 38 ranked elementary schools in the Newark Public School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 11.3. (See more...)
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Compare Details Franklin Elementary School ranks worse than 81.8% of middle schools in New Jersey. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.68. (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 Racial makeup is: Hispanic (84.2%), African American (13.3%), White (1.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 83.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary School is 12.2, which is the 14th best among 38 elementary schools in the Newark Public School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Franklin Elementary School is $12,556, which is the 6th highest among 38 elementary schools in the Newark Public School District.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Franklin Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Franklin Elementary School 1221st of 1342 New Jersey public elementary schools. (See Franklin Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Franklin Elementary School 612th of 748 New Jersey public middle schools. (See Franklin Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Newark Public School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Newark Public School District 559th of 615 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Franklin Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 2.84 1141st 1204 5.2%
2004 2.20 1252nd 1298 3.5%
2005 2.59 1264th 1303 3.0%
2006 5.07 1232nd 1314 6.2%
2007 8.70 1223rd 1329 8.0%
2008 34.92 1025th 1338 23.4%
2009 44.02 897th 1346 33.4%
2010 18.26 1171st 1354 13.5%
2011 26.70 1097th 1360 19.3%
2012 7.43 1268th 1363 7.0%
2013 6.90 1270th 1367 7.1%
2014 1.50 1343rd 1363 1.5%
2015 8.97 1252nd 1357 7.7%
2016 10.08 1221st 1346 9.3%
2017 12.75 1186th 1352 12.3%
2018 14.24 1180th 1353 12.8%
2019 13.39 1195th 1360 12.1%
2021 9.45 1223rd 1317 7.1%
2022 11.85 1208th 1345 10.2%
2023 11.30 1221st 1342 9.0%
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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.77 168th 434 61.3%
2019 43.31 230th 463 50.3%
2021 31.95 290th 411 29.4%
2022 33.25 307th 489 37.2%
2023 32.09 335th 499 32.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.17 851st 1001 15.0%
2019 17.33 850th 1007 15.6%
2021 15.72 782nd 868 9.9%
2022 19.90 770th 949 18.9%
2023 17.59 803rd 958 16.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.69 639th 942 32.2%
2019 33.12 634th 948 33.1%
2022 20.59 701st 863 18.8%
2023 27.99 670th 910 26.4%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.02 1169th 1333 12.3%
2019 11.04 1191st 1331 10.5%
2021 13.95 1136th 1290 11.9%
2022 10.18 1204th 1326 9.2%
2023 10.96 1193rd 1318 9.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.98 1114th 1334 16.5%
2019 17.82 1113th 1335 16.6%
2021 9.19 1209th 1297 6.8%
2022 15.29 1115th 1324 15.8%
2023 13.57 1140th 1315 13.3%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.54 388th 517 25.0%
2019 36.18 360th 522 31.0%
2021 34.50 309th 456 32.2%
2022 37.47 317th 494 35.8%
2023 35.69 307th 463 33.7%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.84 592nd 870 32.0%
2019 31.19 627th 899 30.3%
2021 22.48 777th 896 13.3%
2022 21.96 758th 953 20.5%
2023 21.39 792nd 982 19.3%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Franklin Elementary School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 18.68 612th 748 18.2%
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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 52.26 54th 197 72.6%
2022 51.82 95th 270 64.8%
2023 44.39 142nd 288 50.7%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 16.48 373rd 401 7.0%
2022 28.56 394th 535 26.4%
2023 30.93 349th 505 30.9%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 37.05 346th 568 39.1%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 11.87 576th 625 7.8%
2022 16.21 624th 726 14.0%
2023 17.95 602nd 720 16.4%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 11.52 590th 635 7.1%
2022 20.62 581st 730 20.4%
2023 20.85 564th 718 21.4%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 34.50 194th 291 33.3%
2023 35.87 228th 361 36.8%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 21.13 418th 480 12.9%
2022 28.56 439th 591 25.7%
2023 29.47 427th 587 27.3%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Franklin Elementary School Test Scores
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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 49 65 3 920 0 n/a n/a 0 1037
1989 33 60 8 897 0 n/a n/a 0 998
1990 28 56 14 943 0 n/a n/a 0 1041
1991 42 70 8 952 0 n/a n/a 0 1072
1992 40 73 5 902 1 n/a n/a 0 1021
1993 33 88 4 937 1 n/a n/a 0 1063
1994 20 93 2 928 0 n/a n/a 0 1043
1995 16 94 0 681 0 n/a n/a 0 791
1996 16 94 0 681 0 n/a n/a 0 791
1998 7 85 2 663 0 n/a n/a 0 757
1999 14 88 0 600 0 n/a n/a 0 702
2000 24 93 0 592 0 n/a n/a 0 709
2001 18 77 1 558 3 n/a n/a 0 657
2002 13 59 3 440 0 n/a n/a 0 515
2003 13 59 3 440 0 n/a n/a 0 515
2004 18 53 2 471 1 n/a n/a 0 545
2005 11 68 3 452 48 n/a n/a 0 582
2006 7 86 2 490 2 n/a n/a 0 587
2007 5 72 3 468 1 n/a n/a 0 549
2008 4 105 1 466 1 n/a n/a 0 577
2009 5 90 1 464 1 0 0 0 561
2010 3 104 0 460 0 1 0 0 568
2011 3 87 0 406 1 1 0 0 498
2012 4 105 1 436 2 2 0 0 550
2013 11 116 1 476 3 1 0 0 608
2014 11 109 1 440 2 0 0 0 563
2015 5 97 0 435 0 0 0 0 537
2016 6 97 1 463 0 1 0 0 568
2017 5 101 1 428 0 0 0 0 535
2018 2 85 1 414 1 0 1 0 504
2019 2 75 2 402 0 0 0 0 481
2020 6 86 1 464 0 0 0 0 557
2021 6 86 1 523 0 0 0 0 616
2022 8 90 3 576 0 0 0 0 677
2023 13 99 6 627 0 0 0 0 745

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 1037 64.0 16.2 n/a
1989 998 63.0 15.8 n/a
1990 1041 65.0 16.0 95.6
1991 1072 65.0 16.4 82.6
1992 1021 66.0 15.4 93.4
1993 1063 66.0 16.1 95
1994 1043 61.0 17.1 91.7
1995 791 57.0 13.9 90.1
1996 791 57.0 13.9 90.1
1998 757 59.0 12.8 95
1999 702 60.0 11.7 94.9
2000 709 52.0 13.6 97.9
2001 657 52.2 12.6 97.6
2002 515 46.0 11.2 95.9
2003 515 46.0 11.2 95.9
2004 545 45.0 12.1 84.8
2005 582 51.0 11.4 n/a
2006 587 51.0 11.5 50.8
2007 549 40.0 13.7 88.9
2008 577 40.0 14.4 87.5
2009 561 40.3 14.1 92
2010 568 34.0 16.7 92.1
2011 498 35.5 14.0 97.2
2012 550 39.3 13.9 96.9
2013 608 45.0 13.5 91.9
2014 563 43.0 13.0 90.1
2015 537 45.0 11.9 82.7
2016 568 48.0 11.8 87.1
2017 535 46.0 11.6 82.4
2018 504 46.0 10.9 81.7
2019 481 46.0 10.4 68.4
2020 557 51.0 10.9 87.3
2021 616 51.0 12.0 81.2
2022 677 55.0 12.3 89.2
2023 745 61.0 12.2 83.8

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 1037 64.0 16.2 n/a
1989 998 63.0 15.8 n/a
1990 1041 65.0 16.0 95.6
1991 1072 65.0 16.4 82.6
1992 1021 66.0 15.4 93.4
1993 1063 66.0 16.1 95
1994 1043 61.0 17.1 91.7
1995 791 57.0 13.9 90.1
1996 791 57.0 13.9 90.1
1998 757 59.0 12.8 95
1999 702 60.0 11.7 94.9
2000 709 52.0 13.6 97.9
2001 657 52.2 12.6 97.6
2002 515 46.0 11.2 95.9
2003 515 46.0 11.2 95.9
2004 545 45.0 12.1 84.8
2005 582 51.0 11.4 n/a
2006 587 51.0 11.5 50.8
2007 549 40.0 13.7 88.9
2008 577 40.0 14.4 87.5
2009 561 40.3 14.1 92
2010 568 34.0 16.7 92.1
2011 498 35.5 14.0 97.2
2012 550 39.3 13.9 96.9
2013 608 45.0 13.5 91.9
2014 563 43.0 13.0 90.1
2015 537 45.0 11.9 82.7
2016 568 48.0 11.8 87.1
2017 535 46.0 11.6 82.4
2018 504 46.0 10.9 81.7
2019 481 46.0 10.4 68.4
2020 557 51.0 10.9 87.3
2021 616 51.0 12.0 81.2
2022 677 55.0 12.3 89.2
2023 745 61.0 12.2 83.8

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 Franklin Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $386 (3.1%) $12,170 (96.9%) $12,556

Data source: New Jersey Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Franklin Elementary School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1195th of 1360 Elementary schoolsRanks 1221st of 1342 Elementary schools
 3.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Franklin Elementary School)16.911.9
 5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Newark Public School District)28.519.1
 9.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)50.242
 8.2%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Franklin Elementary School)37.418.3
 19.1%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Newark Public School District)35.419.8
 15.6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)55.145.9
 9.2%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Franklin Elementary School)25.215.9
 9.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Newark Public School District)32.922.3
 10.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.451.3
 6.1%
4th Grade Mathematics (Franklin Elementary School)3415.5
 18.5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Newark Public School District)3217.3
 14.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)5144.3
 6.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students481745
 54.9%
African American7599
 32%
American Indian00
Asian26
 200%
Hispanic402627
 56%
Pacific Islander00
White213
 550%
Two or More Races00
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients68.4%83.8%
 15.4%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 745 students attended Franklin Elementary School.

Students at Franklin Elementary School are 84% Hispanic, 13% African American, 2% White.

Franklin Elementary School ranks in the bottom 9.0% of New Jersey elementary schools.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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