📍 77-800 Calle Tampico, La Quinta, Riverside County, 92253
Benjamin Franklin Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in La Quinta, Riverside County. The school has 619 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Brian Grass. It is part of the Desert Sands Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.3:1.
Benjamin Franklin Elementary enrolls 619 students across grades K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% Hispanic or Latino, 15% White and 4.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 482 | 78% |
| White | 93 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 4.4% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
484 of the school's 619 students (78%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Benjamin Franklin Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Benjamin Franklin Elementary is one of 35 schools in Desert Sands Unified, based in La Quinta, California. The district serves 25,615 students district-wide and employs 1,103 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 619 students, Benjamin Franklin Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 732 students per school.
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