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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 68939

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The zip code 68939 contains a single elementary school, Franklin Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 and has a total enrollment of 141 students. The school is part of the Franklin Public Schools district, which is ranked 103 out of 182 districts in Nebraska and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Franklin Elementary School has maintained a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger and has seen its statewide ranking fluctuate in recent years, going from 152 out of 428 Nebraska elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 160 out of 459 in 2022-2023 and 177 out of 457 in 2021-2022. The school outperforms the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics for 3rd and 4th grade students, with 59% of 4th graders proficient or better in ELA and 70% of 3rd graders and 73% of 4th graders proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to state averages of 58.98%, 60.65%, and 59.96%, respectively.

However, Franklin Elementary School also has a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 21.1% for the 2023-2024 school year, and a high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 44.68% in 2022-2023, suggesting a relatively low-income student population. The school's per-student spending is $24,557 for the 2022-2023 school year, and it has a low student-teacher ratio of 11.2, which could indicate a focus on providing a well-resourced educational environment with smaller class sizes and more individualized attention for students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				NSCAS English Language Arts (2025)		NSCAS Mathematics (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	NSCAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts All Grades	NSCAS Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Franklin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1001 M St	Franklin	68939	Franklin County	Franklin Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 425-6283	155	11	13.7		144 (92.9%)	2 (1.3%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.6%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)								(n/a)	68.2	78.6	80.4	$23,711	$1,343	$18,544

Cities Near Zip Code 68939

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Franklin	0.42 mi	3
Hildreth	17.25 mi	1
Wilcox	21.68 mi	2	39^th
Alma	21.72 mi	2	68^th
Red Cloud	22.53 mi	2

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

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