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Franklin Township School District

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Franklin Township School District is located close to the center of New Jersey. Franklin Township School District has 46.15 square miles of land area and 0.70 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Franklin Township School District population is 64,243. Franklin Township School District median household income is $92,311 in 2010-2014. Franklin Township School District median house value is $323,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Franklin Township School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (216 out of 285, bottom 24%) Elementary/Middle School: (435 out of 515, bottom 16%)* Rank: #468
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	9
Population	64,243 (2010-2014), rank #26
Population Growth	9.08% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,371.37/sq mi, rank #321
Median Household Income:	$92,311 at 2010-2014—4.76% increase since 2005-2009, rank #184
Median House Price:	$323,600 at 2010-2014—-7.94% increase since 2005-2009, rank #271
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	46.15 sq mi, rank #53
Water Area:	0.70 sq mi (1.49%), rank #150
State:	New Jersey
County:	Somerset County
City:	Zarephath, Weston, Voorhees, Ten Mile Run, Somerset, Six Mile Run, Pleasant Plains, Middlebush, Kingston, Griggstown, Franklin Park, Franklin Center, East Rocky Hill, East Millstone, East Franklin, Clyde, Blackwells Mills
Zip:	08873, 08890, 08540, 08823, 08528
Area:	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA

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Franklin Township School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1755 Amwell Rd

Somerset NJ, 08873, Somerset County

Phone: 732-873-2400

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	7,650	7,663	7,771	8,256	7,983	7,626	7,544
English Language Learner Students:	481	421	429	401	403	382	NA
Total Teachers:	658.90	641.77	645.80	620.20	643.00	642.40	561.40
Prekindergarten:	19.00	16.00	17.00	13.00	14.00	13.00	6.00
Kindergarten:	30.00	15.00	18.00	17.00	16.00	18.00	16.00
Elementary:	317.90	327.99	311.60	300.20	315.00	272.90	212.40
Secondary:	178.50	177.28	221.20	214.00	216.00	259.50	256.00
Ungraded:	113.50	105.50	78.00	76.00	82.00	79.00	71.00
Total Other Staff:	559.33	552.01	508.60	467.00	457.00	232.90	296.00
Instructional Aides:	153.53	144.93	137.00	122.00	125.00	115.90	223.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	32.50	27.50	30.60	24.00	11.00	15.50	17.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	21.30	24.00	20.00	17.00	15.00	3.00	13.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	11.00	8.00	8.00	NA	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	9.00	9.00	7.00	NA	NA
Other Guidance Counselors:	21.30	24.00	NA	NA	NA	3.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	8.00	8.00	9.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00
Library/Media Support:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
District Administrators:	4.00	3.96	4.00	3.00	4.00	3.50	4.50
District Administrative Support:	40.00	41.00	25.00	32.00	23.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	30.00	32.00	26.00	22.00	27.00	32.00	4.50
School Administrative Support:	40.00	45.00	46.00	42.00	45.00	0.00	NA
Student Support Services:	73.00	70.19	54.00	50.00	51.00	55.00	25.50
Other Support Services:	157.00	155.43	157.00	147.00	148.00	0.00	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.61	11.94	12.03	13.31	12.42	11.87	13.44

Schools

Conerly Road School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	35 Conerly Rd, Somerset NJ 08873
Elizabeth Avenue School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	363 Elizabeth Ave, Somerset NJ 08873
Franklin High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	500 Elizabeth Ave, Somerset NJ 08873
Franklin Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	415 Francis St, Somerset NJ 08873
Franklin Park School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	30 Eden St, Franklin Park NJ 08823
Hillcrest School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	500 Franklin Blvd, Somerset NJ 08873
Macafee Road School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	53 Macafee Rd, Somerset NJ 08873
Pine Grove Manor School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	130 Highland Ave, Somerset NJ 08873
Sampson G. Smith School	Grade 5 to Grade 6	1649 Amwell Rd, Somerset NJ 08873

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ASK Test
2004	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	76.0%	79.4%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	75.8%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	80.2%	82.4%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	81.4%	83.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	84.9%	86.1%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	55.1%	62.9%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	45.0%	59.8%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	56.1%	63.0%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	55.5%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	56.7%	66.4%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	74.2%	76.6%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	80.0%	82.5%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	86.7%	86.8%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	89.4%	87.3%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	86.3%	86.8%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	71.7%	75.4%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	68.7%	78.3%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	77.4%	78.9%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	72.3%	78.4%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	72.1%	77.7%
2003	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	75.4%	77.6%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	79.4%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	77.1%	81.6%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	76.7%	80.0%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	77.6%	80.6%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	77.7%	82.7%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	57.0%	63.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	52.1%	59.7%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	53.6%	62.7%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	53.2%	58.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	50.0%	59.4%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	60.8%	68.0%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	64.5%	72.1%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	75.4%	80.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	78.1%	82.3%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	83.0%	84.7%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	80.1%	84.9%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	66.1%	73.1%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	75.7%	77.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	73.5%	79.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	72.9%	77.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	71.9%	78.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	78.7%	81.1%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	78.9%	82.3%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	82.5%	83.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	81.7%	85.1%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	92.1%	91.1%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	95.3%	93.5%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	88.0%	90.0%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	90.9%	91.3%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	88.3%	89.5%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	85.4%	88.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	47.8%	60.0%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	52.8%	66.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	51.4%	63.3%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	54.7%	60.9%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	48.4%	62.1%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	49.3%	61.3%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	83.1%	84.1%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	67.3%	76.6%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	67.1%	77.6%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	72.7%	79.0%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	75.6%	80.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	73.1%	83.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	72.1%	79.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	66.3%	75.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	44.2%	57.3%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	61.1%	70.1%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	56.1%	65.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	59.8%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	54.9%	66.2%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	76.7%	79%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	65.0%	72.2%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	70.2%	71.2%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	67.8%	72.1%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	72.9%	77.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	67.8%	78.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	75.1%	80.1%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	59.1%	70.5%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	65.1%	72.4%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	61.4%	69.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	50.1%	63.3%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	52.7%	61.0%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	53.8%	65.2%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	66.2%	66.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	66.2%	64.5%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	62.2%	66.8%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	61.3%	64.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	55.9%	65.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	60.4%	63.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	54.2%	63.5%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	76.2%	81.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	74.1%	82.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	72.7%	82.9%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	75.4%	82.1%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	73.2%	82.2%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	71.3%	81.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	59.5%	67.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	70.8%	71.8%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	61.9%	69.0%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	63.7%	71.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	65.4%	71.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	64.7%	69.3%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	75.0%	84.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	77.2%	84.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	70.9%	83.3%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	72.5%	81.2%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	74.7%	81.9%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	73.3%	79.0%
GEPA Test
2003	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	68.8%	73.8%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	62.3%	71.8%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	65.7%	72.3%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	68.5%	74.2%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	68.9%	73.7%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	46.9%	56.7%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	54.0%	61.7%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	56.2%	62.4%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	58.9%	64.5%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	64%	68.4%
2003	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	67.5%	72.9%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	66.6%	74.7%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	71.9%	76.8%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	70.6%	79.0%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	73.7%	78.9%
HSPA Test
2003	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	76.5%	80.1%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	82.0%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	83.0%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	81.3%	83.5%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	84.0%	85.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	81.3%	83.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	83.1%	84.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	88.1%	88.0%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	86.6%	89.6%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	88.6%	91.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	85.1%	91.6%
2003	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	50.6%	65.9%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	65.8%	70.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	73.5%	75.5%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	72.1%	75.9%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	67.5%	73.4%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	67.3%	75.4%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	66.6%	73.7%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	67.9%	75.0%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	68.5%	75.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	76.9%	79.3%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	72.6%	79.7%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% proficient	64.2%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$152,569,000	$19,633		$148,163,000	$17,946		$146,401,000	$18,339
Federal:	$4,289,000	$552	2.8%	$6,856,000	$830	4.6%	$6,071,000	$760	4.1%
State:	$23,480,000	$3,021	15.4%	$19,751,000	$2,392	13.3%	$24,300,000	$3,044	16.6%
Local:	$124,800,000	$16,060	81.8%	$121,556,000	$14,723	82.0%	$116,030,000	$14,535	79.3%
Total Expenditures:	$147,166,000	$18,938		$146,809,000	$17,782		$145,769,000	$18,260
Total Current Expenditures:	$129,674,000	$16,687		$129,276,000	$15,658		$127,652,000	$15,990
Instructional Expenditures:	$68,082,000	$8,761	52.5%	$68,698,000	$8,321	53.1%	$67,976,000	$8,515	53.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$19,551,000	$2,516	15.1%	$18,399,000	$2,229	14.2%	$16,606,000	$2,080	13.0%
Administration:	$11,473,000	$1,476	8.8%	$10,668,000	$1,292	8.3%	$11,237,000	$1,408	8.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$30,568,000	$3,934	23.6%	$31,511,000	$3,817	24.4%	$31,833,000	$3,988	24.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,719,000	$221		$1,545,000	$187		$2,505,000	$314
Construction:	$729,000	$94		$1,288,000	$156		$2,017,000	$253
Total Other:	$381,000	$49		$503,000	$61		$577,000	$72
Interest on Debt:	$1,830,000	$235		$1,962,000	$238		$1,687,000	$211

Total Salary:	$72,954,000	$9,388		$75,157,000	$9,103		$75,798,000	$9,495
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$45,261,000	$5,824	62.0%	$47,290,000	$5,728	62.9%	$47,860,000	$5,995	63.1%
Other Salary:	$27,693,000	$3,564	38.0%	$27,867,000	$3,375	37.1%	$27,938,000	$3,500	36.9%
Total Benefit:	$30,483,000	$3,923		$31,151,000	$3,773		$28,142,000	$3,525
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$18,146,000	$2,335	59.5%	$18,454,000	$2,235	59.2%	$16,912,000	$2,119	60.1%
Other Benefit:	$12,337,000	$1,588	40.5%	$12,697,000	$1,538	40.8%	$11,230,000	$1,407	39.9%

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