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Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

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Benjamin Franklin Intermediate ranks 1940 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

1940^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 30% of California middle schools

Summary

Benjamin Franklin Intermediate is a public middle school serving 497 students in grades 6-8 in Colma, CA, within the Jefferson Elementary district, which has seen a significant decline in its statewide academic ranking over the past decade, now placing in the bottom third of all California schools.

Academically, the school performs below both district and state averages, with less than a third of students proficient in English and less than a quarter proficient in Math. This performance is notably lower than that of nearby schools in the same district, such as Fernando Rivera Intermediate and Thomas R. Pollicita Middle, despite serving communities with similar levels of economic need. A higher-than-average chronic absenteeism rate of 17.1% is also a challenge, though it has improved recently.

Interestingly, the school spends more per student and has a lower student-teacher ratio than some of its higher-performing district peers, indicating that factors beyond basic funding influence outcomes. While the school faces considerable challenges, its historical ability to achieve higher ratings and its recent improvements in attendance suggest there is a foundation for potential growth and targeted improvement efforts.

497

Students ?

17.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,860

Per pupil spending ?

48.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

700 Stewart Ave.
Colma, CA 94015-3519

(650) 991-1202

District: Jefferson Elementary

Students who attend Benjamin Franklin Intermediate usually attend:

High:

Westmoor High

Feeder schools for Benjamin Franklin Intermediate:

Elementary:	Garden Village Elementary
	Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary
	Marjorie H. Tobias Elementary
	Westlake Elementary
	More...
	Woodrow Wilson Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

47.5%

Asian:

38.4%

White:

8.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 65th percentile in 2015 → 30th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (25% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 35 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school25%

District avg40%

California avg41%

1,940^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 30%▼ down 35 pts since 2015

From top 35% (2015) to bottom 30% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 3Middle Schools in the Jefferson Elementary

645^th of 1,543Jefferson Elementary among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.5	1940 of 2761	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.8	1909 of 2783	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.0	1621 of 2781	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	50.3	1170 of 2740	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	39.4	508 of 894	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.2	1441 of 2715	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	51.2	1061 of 2480	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2017	47.8	1162 of 2508	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2016	52.4	1054 of 2497	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2015	59.5	869 of 2477	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2013	40.1	1419 of 2379	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2012	39.6	1365 of 2259	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2011	38.6	1395 of 2236	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2010	31.6	1527 of 2179	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	34.2	1352 of 2063	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2008	45.1	1034 of 2005	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2007	43.8	1041 of 1999	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2006	48.0	853 of 1804	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2005	54.9	702 of 1777	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2004	61.0	577 of 1769	67.4%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.6	608 of 739	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.3	620 of 743	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.2	567 of 715	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.5	529 of 733	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.0	613 of 745	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.0	563 of 700	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	41.5	723 of 1531	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	35.6	210 of 354	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.8	749 of 1491	49.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.1	578 of 1369	57.8%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	33.9	1016 of 1478	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.2	1019 of 1521	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.7	732 of 1540	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	38.7	203 of 363	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	46.0	519 of 1442	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	46.6	481 of 1364	64.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.0	1796 of 2533	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.2	1841 of 2551	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.6	1523 of 2531	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	50.9	1052 of 2509	58.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	39.6	414 of 738	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.9	1401 of 2380	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.7	1010 of 2262	55.3%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.9	2017 of 2395	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.1	2085 of 2388	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.4	1880 of 2374	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	38.5	1344 of 2359	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.5	1658 of 2213	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	41.7	1138 of 2072	45.1%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.7	1890 of 2542	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.1	2060 of 2579	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.7	1721 of 2531	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	57.5	791 of 2458	67.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	44.9	358 of 721	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	48.1	1073 of 2369	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.6	812 of 2230	63.6%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.6	1843 of 2534	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.0	1681 of 2552	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.0	1460 of 2538	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	49.3	1078 of 2527	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	39.7	421 of 763	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	42.0	1246 of 2407	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	49.4	1009 of 2273	55.6%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	21.3	542 of 677	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.8	450 of 554	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.0	385 of 462	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.8	1320 of 1566	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.3	1161 of 1552	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.3	1001 of 1531	34.6%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	7.7	1432 of 1520	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.2	1509 of 1537	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.6	1498 of 1543	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.4	1368 of 1555	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	5.8	1550 of 1602	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.6	1362 of 1496	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Disabled (2022)53rd percentile-5 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)31st percentile~ school

Female (2025)29th percentile~ school

Male (2025)27th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)26th percentile-4 vs school

Multi-racial (2023)20th percentile-22 vs school

Asian (2025)18th percentile-12 vs school

Hispanic (2025)16th percentile-14 vs school

Special Education (2025)16th percentile-14 vs school

White (2025)6th percentile-24 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy30%-19 vs state

Mathematics24%-13 vs state

Science15%-17 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Benjamin Franklin Intermediate	Public	6-8	700 Stewart Ave.	Colma	94015	San Mateo County	Jefferson Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 991-1202	497	28	17.9	48.3%	40 (8.0%)	7 (1.4%)	236 (47.5%)	191 (38.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	17 (3.4%)	26.5	1940^th of 2761 public middle schools	29.7%		27.8	1909^th of 2783 public middle schools	31.4%	31	15.5	15.5	24.8	31.5	31.6	29.6	17.7	29.5	25.0	24.4	$17,860	$1,982	$15,878
Fernando Rivera Intermediate	Public	6-8	1255 Southgate Ave.	Daly City	94015	San Mateo County	Jefferson Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 991-1225	588	27	21.6	36.9%	23 (3.9%)	6 (1.0%)	142 (24.1%)	380 (64.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	33 (5.6%)	61.8	858^th of 2761 public middle schools	68.9%		63.9	801^st of 2783 public middle schools	71.2%	57	31.0	31.0	54.2	57.0	54.4	55.1	39.0	41.9	33.7	38.2	$15,771	$1,479	$14,292
Thomas R. Pollicita Middle	Public	6-8	550 East Market St.	Daly City	94014	San Mateo County	Jefferson Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 991-1216	558	28	20.2	46.2%	11 (2.0%)	5 (0.9%)	304 (54.5%)	202 (36.2%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	28 (5.0%)	50	1180^th of 2761 public middle schools	57.3%		37.2	1560^th of 2783 public middle schools	43.9%	380	28.7	28.7	39.8	47.4	54.0	47.1	31.2	35.8	31.6	32.8	$17,586	$2,059	$15,527
Aptos Middle	Public	6-8	105 Aptos Ave.	San Francisco	94127	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 469-4520	911	44	20.7	58.7%	110 (12.1%)	58 (6.4%)	223 (24.5%)	406 (44.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	113 (12.4%)	79.2	489^th of 2761 public middle schools	82.3%		80.6	466^th of 2783 public middle schools	83.3%	23	55.1	55.1	56.6	57.4	63.5	59.1	48.0	50.5	56.0	51.5	$20,478	$1,473	$19,005
Denman (James) Middle	Public	6-8	241 Oneida Ave.	San Francisco	94112	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 469-4535	807	44	18.1	64.8%	61 (7.6%)	39 (4.8%)	430 (53.3%)	207 (25.7%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.7%)	63 (7.8%)	28.2	1892^nd of 2761 public middle schools	31.5%		29.4	1839^th of 2783 public middle schools	33.9%	53	17.4	17.4	29.1	36.7	31.2	32.3	20.6	28.1	23.5	24.0	$22,644	$2,664	$19,980
Alta Loma Middle	Public	6-8	116 Romney Ave.	South San Francisco	94080	San Mateo County	South San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 877-8797	652	39	16.8	37.0%	48 (7.4%)	4 (0.6%)	281 (43.1%)	257 (39.4%)	6 (0.9%)	8 (1.2%)	48 (7.4%)	52.7	1112^th of 2761 public middle schools	59.7%		55.7	997^th of 2783 public middle schools	64.2%	115	24.2	24.2	50.3	53.2	46.2	49.8	33.2	41.2	31.0	35.0	$20,038	$1,782	$18,256
Hoover (Herbert) Middle	Public	6-8	2290 14th Ave.	San Francisco	94116	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 759-2783	963	42	23.1	63.2%	72 (7.5%)	21 (2.2%)	286 (29.7%)	522 (54.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (6.4%)	76	564^th of 2761 public middle schools	79.6%		76.6	555^th of 2783 public middle schools	80.1%	9	40.9	40.9	59.1	57.4	60.4	58.9	48.2	51.4	51.0	50.2	$21,096	$2,298	$18,798
Westborough Middle	Public	6-8	2570 Westborough Blvd.	South San Francisco	94080	San Mateo County	South San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 877-8848	498	31	16.1	27.3%	27 (5.4%)	5 (1.0%)	108 (21.7%)	299 (60.0%)	3 (0.6%)	10 (2.0%)	46 (9.2%)	77.8	526^th of 2761 public middle schools	80.9%		77.3	545^th of 2783 public middle schools	80.4%	19	53.4	53.4	56.8	63.8	59.6	60.3	43.2	48.6	53.4	48.3	$20,277	$1,926	$18,351
Parkway Heights Middle	Public	6-8	650 Sunset Ave.	South San Francisco	94080	San Mateo County	South San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 877-8788	573	36	15.7	58.3%	12 (2.1%)	8 (1.4%)	458 (79.9%)	70 (12.2%)	6 (1.0%)	6 (1.0%)	13 (2.3%)	24.7	2023^rd of 2761 public middle schools	26.7%		28.2	1891^st of 2783 public middle schools	32.1%	132	19.7	19.7	28.0	21.9	32.8	27.9	18.4	19.5	26.4	21.6	$21,531	$2,313	$19,218
Giannini (A.P.) Middle	Public	6-8	3151 Ortega St.	San Francisco	94122	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 759-2770	1,183	50	23.5	39.6%	210 (17.8%)	33 (2.8%)	141 (11.9%)	601 (50.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.4%)	193 (16.3%)	94	179^th of 2761 public middle schools	93.5%		94.5	170^th of 2783 public middle schools	93.9%	9	63.8	63.8	73.2	80.3	78.5	77.3	63.2	71.4	59.5	64.8	$21,480	$1,851	$19,629

Frequently Asked Questions about Benjamin Franklin Intermediate

What district is Benjamin Franklin Intermediate in?

Jefferson Elementary

How many students attend Benjamin Franklin Intermediate?

In the 2024-25 school year, 497 students attended Benjamin Franklin Intermediate.

What high school do graduates of Benjamin Franklin Intermediate attend?

Students who attend Benjamin Franklin Intermediate usually go on to attend Westmoor High

What is the racial makeup of Benjamin Franklin Intermediate?

Students at Benjamin Franklin Intermediate are 47% Hispanic, 38% Asian, 8% White, 3% Two or more races, 1% African American, 1% Pacific Islander.

Is Benjamin Franklin Intermediate a good school?

Benjamin Franklin Intermediate ranks 1940^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

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