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Benjamin Franklin School No. 13

Public Grades K-8
1297th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools
Better than 4% of New Jersey elementary schools
Summary

Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 is an elementary school in Elizabeth, New Jersey, serving 382 students in grades K-8. The school is part of the Elizabeth Public Schools district, which has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of New Jersey elementary schools over the past 10 years, with a 0 or 1 out of 5 SchoolDigger star rating, indicating very low performance compared to other schools in the state. The school's proficiency rates on the NJSLA assessments are extremely low, particularly in mathematics, with most grades scoring below 15% proficient, compared to 40-50% proficient at the state level. Additionally, the school has had high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.9% to 24.8% over the past few years, significantly above the state average.

Interestingly, the nearby Winfield Scott School No. 2, Juan Pablo Duarte - Jose Julian Marti School No 28, and Sonia Sotomayor School No 25 generally perform better than Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 on key metrics like statewide ranking, academic achievement, and chronic absenteeism. These nearby schools have higher proficiency rates on the NJSLA assessments, with many grades scoring 10-20 percentage points above Benjamin Franklin School No. 13.

392
Students ?
10.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$11,847
Per pupil spending ?
88%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 248 Ripley Pl
       Elizabeth, NJ  07206-2122

(908) 436-5700

District: Elizabeth Public Schools

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
75.3%
African American:
19.9%
White:
4.8%
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 Compare Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 to nearby elementary schools!
At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 8th percentile in 2015 → 4th in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New Jersey average (11% vs 45% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)
!Algebra I scores 43 pts below the New Jersey average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school11%
District avg32%
New Jersey avg45%
Elementary school
1,297th of 1,347
New Jersey public elementary schools ?
Bottom 4%▼ down 4 pts since 2015
From bottom 8% (2015) to bottom 4% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
696th of 752
New Jersey public middle schools ?
Bottom 7%▲ up 5 pts since 2015
From bottom 3% (2015) to bottom 7% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of New Jersey Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
24th of 24Elementary Schools in the Elizabeth Public Schools
494th of 609Elizabeth Public Schools among New Jersey districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20256.81297 of 13473.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.11220 of 13388.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.51215 of 13429.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.01189 of 134511.6%★☆☆☆☆
20218.61242 of 13175.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.11280 of 13605.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.61303 of 13533.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20177.01272 of 13525.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20167.81252 of 13467.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20159.21248 of 13578.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201416.91171 of 136314.1%★☆☆☆☆
201314.61201 of 136712.1%★☆☆☆☆
201218.61159 of 136315.0%★☆☆☆☆
201121.61146 of 136015.7%★☆☆☆☆
201016.61183 of 135412.6%★☆☆☆☆
200911.61209 of 134610.2%★☆☆☆☆
200815.51183 of 133811.6%★☆☆☆☆
200724.91108 of 132916.6%★☆☆☆☆
200612.41171 of 131410.9%★☆☆☆☆
200514.31160 of 130311.0%★☆☆☆☆
20042.81246 of 12984.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20031.21172 of 12042.7%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202533.5302 of 46334.8%★★☆☆☆
202435.7316 of 46932.6%★★☆☆☆
202331.1336 of 46327.4%★☆☆☆☆
202241.9285 of 49442.3%★★☆☆☆
202123.9391 of 45614.3%★☆☆☆☆
201927.7418 of 52219.9%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202530.5424 of 59729.0%★☆☆☆☆
202432.8370 of 55933.8%★★☆☆☆
202326.2388 of 49922.2%★☆☆☆☆
202241.0239 of 48951.1%★★★☆☆
202134.4264 of 41135.8%★★☆☆☆
201926.6345 of 46325.5%★☆☆☆☆
201822.2350 of 43419.4%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20256.21262 of 13264.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.91179 of 131710.5%★☆☆☆☆
202313.71145 of 131813.1%★☆☆☆☆
202212.11171 of 132611.7%★☆☆☆☆
202113.61140 of 129011.6%★☆☆☆☆
20197.81234 of 13317.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.41242 of 13336.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202526.3779 of 103224.5%★☆☆☆☆
202426.7739 of 98925.3%★☆☆☆☆
202323.8765 of 98222.1%★☆☆☆☆
202223.3741 of 95322.2%★☆☆☆☆
202121.4789 of 89611.9%★☆☆☆☆
201914.1773 of 89914.0%★☆☆☆☆
201814.9753 of 87013.4%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202514.4956 of 10236.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202424.6740 of 93921.2%★☆☆☆☆
202323.6704 of 91022.6%★☆☆☆☆
202234.0564 of 86334.6%★★☆☆☆
202123.8680 of 83919.0%★☆☆☆☆
201814.6883 of 9426.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20259.51215 of 13187.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.21144 of 131312.9%★☆☆☆☆
202310.61189 of 13159.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.01168 of 132411.8%★☆☆☆☆
20216.21254 of 12973.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.91215 of 13359.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.01258 of 13345.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202420.5781 of 98921.0%★☆☆☆☆
202310.0924 of 9583.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201925.3729 of 100727.6%★☆☆☆☆
201822.0757 of 100124.4%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202511.0696 of 7527.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.0688 of 7437.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.4729 of 7482.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.7654 of 74512.2%★☆☆☆☆
202113.0574 of 65212.0%★☆☆☆☆
201911.0658 of 74511.7%★☆☆☆☆
20189.2656 of 7168.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20177.8669 of 7126.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20167.7672 of 7135.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20155.9692 of 7132.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201428.3536 of 71725.2%★☆☆☆☆
201313.9595 of 70415.5%★☆☆☆☆
201222.1559 of 67717.4%★☆☆☆☆
201119.9571 of 68416.5%★☆☆☆☆
201010.9603 of 67710.9%★☆☆☆☆
200916.7556 of 66416.3%★☆☆☆☆
200819.1532 of 64016.9%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202533.5237 of 35934.0%★★☆☆☆
202327.2290 of 36119.7%★☆☆☆☆
202247.5158 of 35655.6%★★★☆☆
202136.7184 of 29136.8%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202549.5143 of 34358.3%★★★☆☆
202426.6272 of 32015.0%★☆☆☆☆
202325.0249 of 28813.5%★☆☆☆☆
202232.1188 of 27030.4%★★☆☆☆
202135.8124 of 19737.1%★★☆☆☆
201848.286 of 20257.4%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202512.9660 of 7289.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.4673 of 7176.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.3640 of 72011.1%★☆☆☆☆
202211.4679 of 7266.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.9539 of 62513.8%★☆☆☆☆
201920.6563 of 70319.9%★☆☆☆☆
20185.8658 of 6803.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202524.4485 of 60820.2%★☆☆☆☆
202421.1502 of 58914.8%★☆☆☆☆
202316.1531 of 5879.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.3531 of 59110.2%★☆☆☆☆
202119.8435 of 4809.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.2445 of 52415.1%★☆☆☆☆
201823.0410 of 50418.7%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202525.8495 of 61319.2%★☆☆☆☆
202423.5473 of 58419.0%★☆☆☆☆
202314.3493 of 56813.2%★☆☆☆☆
202228.1401 of 54927.0%★☆☆☆☆
202129.6333 of 46728.7%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202513.8652 of 72610.2%★☆☆☆☆
202414.0646 of 71910.2%★☆☆☆☆
20238.0703 of 7182.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.2627 of 73014.1%★☆☆☆☆
202114.6544 of 63514.3%★☆☆☆☆
201911.3632 of 6979.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201818.9562 of 67516.7%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
201928.1362 of 49226.4%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
African American (2025)35th percentile+31 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)29th percentile+25 vs school
Hispanic (2025)25th percentile+21 vs school
Special Education (2024)21st percentile+12 vs school
Male (2025)8th percentile+4 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)7th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2025)5th percentile~ school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2025)58th percentile+51 vs school
African American (2025)34th percentile+27 vs school
Special Education (2019)26th percentile+15 vs school
Hispanic (2025)20th percentile+13 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)19th percentile+12 vs school
Male (2025)10th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2025)9th percentile~ school
By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts19%-35 vs state
Mathematics10%-34 vs state
Algebra I3%-43 vs state
Science0%-24 vs state

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