Franklin Elementary

The Franklin Elementary area has one school, Franklin Elementary, serving grades K–8 and 505 students. With no other schools in the area, there is no school-to-school comparison; the clearest benchmark is California’s results. In 2025–2026, the school’s all-grades results were above the state in ELA, math, and science: 54% versus 49% in ELA, 52% versus 38% in math, and 56% versus 36% in science. Most importantly, the school outperformed the state in all three reported subjects.

Within the school, science and math are the strongest relative areas, while ELA varies considerably by grade. The all-grades advantage over California was 20 percentage points in science, 13 points in math, and 4 points in ELA. ELA ranged from 39% in 4th grade to 69% in 8th grade; results were below the state in 4th, 6th, and 7th grades, but about 20 points above it in both 5th and 8th. Math ranged from 38% in 6th grade to 63% in 5th and was above the state in all six reported grades, though the 6th-grade lead was only 0.3 point. Science ranged from 50% in 5th grade to 61% in 8th, with both results above the state. Since this is the only school in the group, there is no separate top or bottom school.

Recent changes are mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA fell from 58% to 54% and math from 57% to 52%, while science rose from 32% to 56%. ELA’s lead over the state narrowed from 9 points to 4, and math’s from 20 to 13; science moved from 1 point below the state to 20 points above it. SchoolDigger’s ranking also declined, from the 86th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 72nd percentile in 2025–2026, while its rating remained 4 stars. As context, 2025–2026 chronic absenteeism was 9% at the school versus 18% statewide; in 2024–2025, the student–teacher ratio was 25.2, and 26% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible.