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Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

7201 Irving Ave

Merchantville NJ, 08109, Camden County

Phone: 856-662-6455

Ranking:

(1,605 out of 1,847, bottom 13%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Pennsauken Township School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	29		30		28		18		22		24		18
Total Students:	424		439		437		446		419		408		426
Kindergarten:	82	19.3%	84	19.1%	74	16.9%	100	22.4%	83	19.8%	75	18.4%	68	16.0%
Grade 1:	70	16.5%	68	15.5%	98	22.4%	79	17.7%	72	17.2%	63	15.4%	82	19.2%
Grade 2:	73	17.2%	95	21.6%	80	18.3%	76	17.0%	70	16.7%	84	20.6%	74	17.4%
Grade 3:	85	20.0%	75	17.1%	78	17.8%	71	15.9%	78	18.6%	71	17.4%	82	19.2%
Grade 4:	81	19.1%	81	18.5%	67	15.3%	85	19.1%	82	19.6%	81	19.9%	81	19.0%
Ungraded:	33	7.8%	36	8.2%	40	9.2%	35	7.8%	34	8.1%	34	8.3%	39	9.2%
Student By Gender:
Male:	224	52.8%	245	55.8%	248	56.8%	251	56.3%	232	55.4%	227	55.6%	231	54.2%
Female:	200	47.2%	194	44.2%	189	43.2%	195	43.7%	187	44.6%	181	44.4%	191	44.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.5%
Asian:	32	7.5%	28	6.4%	26	5.9%	27	6.1%	29	6.9%	34	8.3%	34	8.0%
Hispanic:	195	46.0%	194	44.2%	189	43.2%	171	38.3%	159	37.9%	147	36.0%	139	32.6%
Black:	105	24.8%	129	29.4%	125	28.6%	150	33.6%	139	33.2%	125	30.6%	141	33.1%
White:	89	21.0%	83	18.9%	93	21.3%	95	21.3%	91	21.7%	101	24.8%	110	25.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.7%	3	0.7%	2	0.5%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	202	47.6%	240	54.7%	225	51.5%	213	47.8%	196	46.8%	166	40.7%	175	41.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	43	10.1%	56	12.8%	47	10.8%	53	11.9%	68	16.2%	76	18.6%	65	15.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.62		14.63		15.71		24.78		19.05		14.30		23.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ASK
2004	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	68.7%	78.4%	79.4%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	64.7%	76.9%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	70.7%	74.0%	82.4%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	81.4%	75.3%	83.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	73.7%	79.6%	86.1%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	50.0%	50.4%	62.9%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	28.8%	43.1%	59.8%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	43.4%	42.3%	63.0%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	43.3%	53.7%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	63.8%	58.0%	66.4%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	64.8%	69.6%	76.6%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	58.8%	71.7%	82.5%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	71.0%	79.1%	86.8%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	72.4%	77.8%	87.3%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	70.7%	78.8%	86.8%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	60.3%	69.1%	75.4%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	53.2%	66.9%	78.3%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	63.3%	64.9%	78.9%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	67.8%	78.4%	78.4%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	73.8%	69.4%	77.7%
2003	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	74.4%	74.8%	77.6%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	62.8%	77.9%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	67.6%	77.9%	81.6%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	78.3%	76%	80.0%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	72.4%	73.7%	80.6%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	82.0%	79.8%	82.7%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	35.7%	44.3%	63.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	39.6%	44.9%	59.7%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	32.7%	38.9%	62.7%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	42.7%	41.4%	58.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	32.2%	36.6%	59.4%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	62.2%	59.8%	68.0%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	53.1%	62.3%	72.1%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	53.6%	71.6%	80.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	68.6%	76.3%	82.3%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	73.7%	80.1%	84.7%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	80.9%	78.6%	84.9%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	51%	60.2%	73.1%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	49.5%	67.8%	77.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	51.5%	67.9%	79.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	56.1%	62.4%	77.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	70.0%	70.8%	78.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	62.0%	73.1%	81.1%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	69.2%	74.0%	82.3%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	67.1%	73.2%	83.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	89.4%	86.8%	85.1%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	91%	92.3%	91.1%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	93.4%	93.4%	93.5%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	81.2%	87.6%	90.0%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	86.6%	89.3%	91.3%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	84.4%	84.0%	89.5%

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* Benjamin Franklin Elementary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.