Summary:
Franklin Public School District serves roughly 1,974 elementary students across five PK–5 schools: Ben Franklin Elementary, Country Dale Elementary, Pleasant View Elementary, Robinwood Elementary, and Southwood Glen Elementary. The district ranks 63rd of 432 districts statewide (85th percentile, 4 stars), and every one of its elementary schools outperforms the state in every subject, with all five earning 4-star ratings in 2025–26.
Robinwood is the district's top performer, placing in the 90th percentile and posting the highest math scores at every tested grade plus the best social studies result (85%). Southwood Glen is the most consistent school, with the highest English Language Arts scores, the lowest chronic absenteeism (5.2%), and the lowest poverty indicator. Country Dale is steady and strong in math, earning the district's best 4th-grade science score while spending the least per student. Ben Franklin shows the most dramatic turnaround, climbing from 2 stars to 4 stars (42nd to 76th percentile) even though it has the highest poverty indicator and the lowest ELA scores. Pleasant View is the school to watch: its rank slipped to the 74th percentile, and it has the highest absenteeism (9.4%) along with the lowest science and social studies results.
District-wide, math is the standout — Robinwood's math average is nearly 25 points above the state — while science is the soft spot at four of the five schools. Attendance is a clear strength, with every school at roughly half the state's chronic absenteeism rate or better. Spending does not line up neatly with results, and because scores are reported as grade-level cohorts, single-year swings such as Southwood Glen's 5th-grade math dip are signals to investigate rather than final verdicts.
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