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Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

  • 19661 Orange Terrace Pkwy.
  • Riverside, CA 92508
  • (951) 571-6502
Public | Grades K-6 | Riverside Unified
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About Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

  • Benjamin Franklin Elementary School is located in Riverside, CA and is one of 34 elementary schools in Riverside Unified. It is a public school that serves 786 students in grades K-6.

    Benjamin Franklin Elementary School made AYP in 2009. Under No Child Left Behind, a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of California in terms of student performance and other accountability measures. See Benjamin Franklin Elementary School's test results to learn more about school performance.

    A school's Academic Performance Index (API) is a scale that ranges from 200 to 1000 and is calculated from the school's performance in the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program. The state has set 800 as the API target for all schools to meet.

    Benjamin Franklin Elementary School had an API growth score of 875 in 2009. California uses the Academic Performance Index (API) to measure annual school performance and year-to-year improvement. Benjamin Franklin Elementary School's 2009 base score was 843 and the school did meet its 2009 school-wide growth target.

    In 2008, Benjamin Franklin Elementary School had 25 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The California average is 21 students per full-time equivalent teacher. Learn more about Benjamin Franklin Elementary School's students and teachers.

Benjamin Franklin Elementary School Student Diversity

  • Students by Ethnicity (2008)
  • White 52 %
  • Hispanic 24 %
  • Black 11 %
  • Asian 8 %
  • Multiple or No Response 2 %
  • Filipino 2 %
  • Pacific Islander 1 %
  • American Indian/Alaskan Native < 1 %
  • Students by Gender (2008)
  •   Male 55%
  •   Female 45%
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Benjamin Franklin Elementary School Reviews

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by a  Parent  Anonymous
My child went to this school for 3 years and we ended up pulling him out.  The school is overcrowded and the teachers are visibly stressed out.  The teachers that we came in contact with did not like it when a parent had any questions or concerns.  It appeared that they had their guard up and were very defensive. They way they talked to the students was sarcastic and this was in front of the parents. My child for the 3rd grade would have been in the class room with 34+ other students.  All the school seemed to care about was their test scores.  My child in the 2nd grade was doing an hour and a half of nightly homeworks also. We moved up to the area because of the schools test scores and now we are leaving because we no longer have our child at this school. My son did get good grades at the school but he was always stressed out. Since my son has left he has excelled better and is now a grade level ahead.
Apr 6, 2009
 

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