Benjamin Franklin Elementary School is located in East Chicago, Indiana. This school is a public school with grade levels Kindergarten through Sixth Grade.

There are approximately 765 students at this school. There are 44 teachers. This makes the student to teacher ratio 17 students to 1 teacher. The national average is 15 which means this school has more students in the classroom than most.

There are 69 students in Kindergarten, 100 in Grade 1, 110 in Grade 2, 127 in Grade 3, 122 in Grade 4, 130 in Grade 5, 93 in Grade 6 . Fifth Grade has the highest number of enrolled students. In this school there are 409 male students and 356 female students making the male students exceed the number of female students in this school. The student ethnic body is comprised of 10 white students, 1 asian/pacific islander, 368 hispanic, 383 african american students and 3 native american students. More ...

The student economic level is above average. Only 605 students out of the 765 student population receive free or reduced lunch or 79.09% of the students. This school is a title 1 school. This means this school did receive any federal assistance. More ...

This school was tested based on the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress (ISTEP+). Grades 3,6,8,10 were tested. The scale is based on percent of students perfroming at or above achievement level 1. More...