📍 400 3rd Ave SE, Le Mars, Plymouth County, 51031
Franklin Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Le Mars, Plymouth County. The school has 282 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Neal Utesch. It is part of the Le Mars Comm School District school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. 72% of students are proficient in reading. 82% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Franklin Elementary School enrolls 282 students across grades K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 20 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% White, 13% Hispanic or Latino and 6.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 203 | 72% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 37 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 6.7% |
| Black or African American | 10 | 3.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 10 | 3.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
101 of the school's 282 students (36%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 86 qualify for free lunch and 15 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Franklin Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-40, state senate district 3, state house district 5.
Franklin Elementary School is one of 6 schools in Le Mars Comm School District, based in Le Mars, Iowa. The district serves 2,239 students district-wide and employs 146 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 282 students, Franklin Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 373 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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