Franklin Benjamin School

5735 Rising Sun Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19120 | (215) 728-5017

Grades: KG-8
Student Enrollment: 1,040

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3 out of 5 | 1 Review

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School Description

School Summary and Highlights

Enrolls 1,040 elementary school students from grades KG-8
Ranks 757th out of 875 middle schools in PA.
2010 Overall School AYP Met Status: Making Progress in Corrective Action 1

Additional Contact Information

Principal or Admin: Roslyn Sample Greene

School Operational Details

Title I Eligible
All students of this school are eligible for participation in authorized programs.

School District Details

Philadelphia City School District
Per-Pupil Spending: $9,399
Graduation Rate: 55.5%
Dropout Rate: 8.5%
Students Per Teacher: 14.3
Enrolled Students: 156,790

Faculty Details and Student Enrollment

Students and Faculty

Total Students Enrolled: 1,040
Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 62.4
Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 16.7

Students Gender Breakdown

Males: 490 (47.1%)
Females: 491 (47.2%)

Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown

Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 95 (9.1%)
Eligible for Free Lunch: 718 (69.0%)
Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 813 (78.2%)

Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity

Franklin Benjamin School Student Race Distribution

	Number	Percent
American Indian	2	0.2%
Black	684	65.8%
Asian	46	4.4%
Hispanic	212	20.4%
White	37	3.6%

Number of Students Per Grade

	Number	Percent
Kindergarten	109	10.5%
1st Grade	119	11.4%
2nd Grade	116	11.2%
3rd Grade	123	11.8%
4th Grade	93	8.9%
5th Grade	108	10.4%
6th Grade	124	11.9%
7th Grade	115	11.1%
8th Grade	133	12.8%

Low-Income Enrollment (2011)

Percent of Students from Low-Income Families

School:

86.1%

District:

80.0%

Graduation and Dropout Rates (2010)

Dropout Rate

School:

1.6%

District:

4.1%

Source: PA Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010

School Ratings and Reviews

Overall Rating: 3

3 out of 5 | 1 Review

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Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on April 16, 2007
Rating: (3 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
The student/teacher ratio is NOT 21 to 1. This school is extremely overcrowded. The ratio is more like; 31 to 1. There are way too many students walking the hallways and fights are always breaking out either in the lunch room or in the school yard. Franklin does NOT have the sufficient aides for the students. The children are very disrespectful to parents who enter the building as also, security is HORRIBLE.

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