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Franklin Elementary

๐Ÿ“ 519 S Franklin Road, Mount Airy, Surry County, 27030

456
Pupils
13.1
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Franklin Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mount Airy, Surry County. The school has 456 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Surry County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. 50% of students are proficient in reading. 54% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet.

School details

School district
Surry County Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Franklin Elementary enrolls 456 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.

Male students
223 (49%)
Female students
233 (51%)
Teachers (FTE)
34.7
Student-teacher ratio
13.1:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% White, 24% Hispanic or Latino and 3.9% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White31268%
Hispanic or Latino10924%
Black or African American183.9%
Two or more races173.7%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

341 of the school's 456 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 320 qualify for free lunch and 21 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.

School setting & status

Town, DistantGrades Pre-Kโ€“5Title I

Franklin Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-50, state senate district 45, state house district 90.

School district: Surry County Schools

Franklin Elementary is one of 20 schools in Surry County Schools, based in Dobson, North Carolina. The district serves 7,318 students district-wide and employs 506 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 456 students, Franklin Elementary is larger than the district average of about 366 students per school.

7,318
District students
20
Schools
506
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

50%
Reading proficient
54%
Math proficient
23%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet

Setting: Town - Distant

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