Is Benjamin Franklin Elementary School a good school?

Benjamin Franklin Elementary School ranks in the bottom 4.6% of New York elementary schools.

How many students attend Benjamin Franklin Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 399 students attended Benjamin Franklin Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Benjamin Franklin Elementary School?

Students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School are 35% White, 28% African American, 25% Hispanic, 11% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Benjamin Franklin Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Benjamin Franklin Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : East Middle School High : Binghamton High School

Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

Summary:

Benjamin Franklin Elementary School is a public elementary school in Binghamton, New York, serving 399 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Binghamton City School District, which is ranked 818 out of 866 school districts in New York and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite the school's diverse student population, with a racial makeup that is more diverse than nearby schools, Benjamin Franklin Elementary consistently ranks among the lowest-performing elementary schools in New York state. The school's proficiency rates on state assessments are significantly below the state and district averages, and its students from African American, White, and special education backgrounds perform particularly poorly. Additionally, the school has a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 74.69% to 79.04% over the past few years, which is much higher than the nearby schools.

Interestingly, Benjamin Franklin Elementary School has a relatively high per-student spending, ranging from $14,525 to $20,078 over the past few years, which is higher than the spending at some of the nearby schools, such as Thomas Jefferson School, Woodrow Wilson School, and MacArthur School. However, this high spending has not translated into improved academic outcomes, suggesting that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution to improving the school's performance. When compared to schools in other nearby districts, such as the Vestal Central School District and the Chenango Valley Central School District, the performance gap becomes even more pronounced.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

262 Conklin Ave
Binghamton, NY 13903-2399

(607) 762-8344

District: Binghamton City School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
2328^th of 2,439 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $20,078

Students who attend Benjamin Franklin Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	East Middle School
High:	Binghamton High School

Student/teacher ratio: 9.9

Number of students: 399

Racial breakdown:

White:

35.3%

African American:

28.1%

Hispanic:

24.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 74.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Benjamin Franklin Elementary School ranks worse than 95.4% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks last among 7 ranked elementary schools in the Binghamton City School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 9.82. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Benjamin Franklin Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Binghamton City School District. Student population at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (35.3%), African American (28.1%), Hispanic (24.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 74.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School is 9.9. 3 elementary schools in the Binghamton City School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Benjamin Franklin Elementary School employs 40.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School is $20,078. 3 elementary schools in the Binghamton City School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Benjamin Franklin Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Benjamin Franklin Elementary School 2328^th of 2439 New York public elementary schools. (See Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Binghamton City School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Binghamton City School District 818^th of 866 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	48.14	1408^th	2206	36.2%
2007	33.48	1674^th	2219	24.6%
2008	31.43	1734^th	2227	22.1%
2009	40.53	1622^nd	2257	28.1%
2010	17.66	1980^th	2263	12.5%
2011	14.25	2053^rd	2286	10.2%
2012	11.19	2141^st	2320	7.7%
2013	10.28	2230^th	2325	4.1%
2014	13.63	2126^th	2345	9.3%
2015	11.10	2208^th	2352	6.1%
2016	7.54	2295^th	2366	3.0%
2017	7.08	2323^rd	2386	2.6%
2018	8.91	2285^th	2395	4.6%
2019	11.14	2262^nd	2413	6.3%
2021	9.74	2064^th	2201	6.2%
2022	6.74	2383^rd	2434	2.1%
2023	9.82	2328^th	2439	4.6%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	14.40	264^th	289	8.7%
2023	48.08	95^th	223	57.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	20.45	892^nd	938	4.9%
2019	20.07	828^th	860	3.7%
2022	17.92	997^th	1027	2.9%
2023	32.81	715^th	1001	28.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	28.01	1564^th	1941	19.4%
2019	25.26	1572^nd	1859	15.4%
2022	24.42	1780^th	2031	12.4%
2023	24.70	1671^st	2016	17.1%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	15.24	1923^rd	2045	6.0%
2019	17.54	1858^th	2032	8.6%
2021	12.18	1602^nd	1678	4.5%
2022	8.40	2061^st	2099	1.8%
2023	13.24	1942^nd	2041	4.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	10.19	2229^th	2338	4.7%
2019	10.05	2257^th	2357	4.2%
2021	9.62	1849^th	1955	5.4%
2022	7.49	2352^nd	2401	2.0%
2023	8.34	2330^th	2403	3.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	10.09	2240^th	2340	4.3%
2019	14.91	2127^th	2358	9.8%
2021	12.12	1811^th	1961	7.6%
2022	7.82	2340^th	2400	2.5%
2023	14.53	2187^th	2400	8.9%

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Rank History for African American students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	14.03	906^th	948	4.4%
2019	14.33	851^st	891	4.5%
2021	28.11	311^th	427	27.2%
2022	14.26	890^th	936	4.9%
2023	14.84	784^th	857	8.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	11.78	1337^th	1392	4.0%
2019	13.16	1251^st	1315	4.9%
2021	42.92	456^th	818	44.3%
2022	14.28	1417^th	1503	5.7%
2023	19.75	1251^st	1429	12.5%

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Rank History for White students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	8.70	1355^th	1408	3.8%
2019	14.53	1217^th	1338	9.0%
2021	7.61	1185^th	1224	3.2%
2022	4.25	1379^th	1399	1.4%
2023	5.09	1298^th	1337	2.9%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, 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: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	408	74	10	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	503
1990	443	73	22	15	0	n/a	n/a	0	553
1991	400	57	22	20	0	n/a	n/a	61	560
1992	451	64	43	26	1	n/a	n/a	0	585
1993	449	88	60	30	0	n/a	n/a	0	627
1994	412	105	59	37	3	n/a	n/a	0	616
1995	441	131	56	43	2	n/a	n/a	0	673
1996	441	131	56	43	2	n/a	n/a	0	673
1997	424	142	32	55	0	n/a	n/a	0	653
1998	409	116	29	48	0	n/a	n/a	0	602
1999	402	144	26	38	1	n/a	n/a	0	611
2000	382	154	26	32	0	n/a	n/a	0	594
2001	373	173	36	37	0	n/a	n/a	0	619
2002	338	188	37	57	0	n/a	n/a	0	620
2003	338	188	37	57	0	n/a	n/a	0	620
2004	267	175	54	49	0	n/a	n/a	0	545
2005	280	173	19	47	0	n/a	n/a	0	519
2006	363	125	21	35	0	n/a	n/a	0	544
2007	276	120	19	60	3	n/a	n/a	36	514
2008	286	136	16	51	5	n/a	n/a	0	494
2009	249	143	15	47	8	n/a	n/a	3	465
2010	243	159	16	70	5	n/a	n/a	1	494
2011	213	120	15	80	2	0	60	0	490
2012	219	166	14	90	4	2	21	0	516
2013	216	165	8	93	1	0	51	0	534
2014	191	177	9	99	1	0	60	0	537
2015	189	181	9	95	1	0	51	0	526
2016	197	169	9	114	1	0	51	0	541
2017	191	172	10	91	2	0	52	0	518
2018	189	138	11	104	2	0	45	0	489
2019	160	150	8	90	1	0	47	0	456
2020	174	146	6	91	0	0	40	0	457
2021	143	128	5	80	0	0	40	0	396
2022	144	122	4	82	0	0	39	0	391
2023	141	112	3	99	0	0	44	0	399

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 Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	503	27.9	18.0	n/a
1990	553	31.4	17.6	n/a
1991	560	32.9	17.0	n/a
1992	585	33.9	17.2	n/a
1993	627	38.2	16.4	n/a
1994	616	39.1	15.8	68.8
1995	673	41.1	16.4	73.6
1996	673	41.1	16.4	73.6
1997	653	43.1	15.2	69.2
1998	602	45.0	13.4	58
1999	611	45.2	13.5	70.2
2000	594	46.7	12.7	83.2
2001	619	50.5	12.3	67.4
2002	620	46.5	13.3	73.5
2003	620	46.5	13.3	73.5
2004	545	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	519	44.6	11.6	81.7
2006	544	42.0	13.0	77
2007	514	45.0	11.4	63.8
2008	494	46.0	10.7	73.3
2009	465	43.5	10.7	76.8
2010	494	43.8	11.2	74.6
2011	490	47.9	10.2	78.6
2012	516	43.7	11.8	79.3
2013	534	39.9	13.3	70.4
2014	537	40.0	13.4	68.2
2015	526	44.0	11.9	74.5
2016	541	41.0	13.1	74.3
2017	518	46.8	11.0	82.8
2018	489	45.0	10.8	86.3
2019	456	41.0	11.1	70.2
2020	457	47.0	9.7	78.8
2021	396	43.5	9.1	79
2022	391	38.0	10.2	76
2023	399	40.1	9.9	74.7

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 Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	503	27.9	18.0	n/a
1990	553	31.4	17.6	n/a
1991	560	32.9	17.0	n/a
1992	585	33.9	17.2	n/a
1993	627	38.2	16.4	n/a
1994	616	39.1	15.8	68.8
1995	673	41.1	16.4	73.6
1996	673	41.1	16.4	73.6
1997	653	43.1	15.2	69.2
1998	602	45.0	13.4	58
1999	611	45.2	13.5	70.2
2000	594	46.7	12.7	83.2
2001	619	50.5	12.3	67.4
2002	620	46.5	13.3	73.5
2003	620	46.5	13.3	73.5
2004	545	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	519	44.6	11.6	81.7
2006	544	42.0	13.0	77
2007	514	45.0	11.4	63.8
2008	494	46.0	10.7	73.3
2009	465	43.5	10.7	76.8
2010	494	43.8	11.2	74.6
2011	490	47.9	10.2	78.6
2012	516	43.7	11.8	79.3
2013	534	39.9	13.3	70.4
2014	537	40.0	13.4	68.2
2015	526	44.0	11.9	74.5
2016	541	41.0	13.1	74.3
2017	518	46.8	11.0	82.8
2018	489	45.0	10.8	86.3
2019	456	41.0	11.1	70.2
2020	457	47.0	9.7	78.8
2021	396	43.5	9.1	79
2022	391	38.0	10.2	76
2023	399	40.1	9.9	74.7

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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