Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8
Benjamin Franklin Elementary Math and Science, New Orleans, LA
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 739
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56.0
- Students per teacher
- 13.2
- Grades
- PK to 8
This school's ratio is 2.0 higher than the district figure of 11.2. The Louisiana average across schools is 13.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 1116 Jefferson Ave, New Orleans, LA 70115
- Phone
- (504)304-3932
- District
- Orleans Parish
- County
- Orleans Parish
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- Yes
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- City: Large
- NCES school ID
- 220117001938
School meals
- Free lunch
- 669
- Reduced-price lunch
- 49
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 71897.2% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 556Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- Yes (CEP school)
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Orleans Parish
- Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology 659 students
- Elan Academy Charter School 436 students
- The Leah Chase School 294 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in New Orleans
- International School of Louisiana International School of Louisiana
- Bricolage Academy Bricolage Academy
- KIPP Morial KIPP Ernest N. Dutch Morial
- Audubon Charter School Audubon Charter School
- KIPP East KIPP East Community Primary
- Harriet Tubman Charter School Harriet Tubman Charter School
- KIPP Leadership KIPP Leadership
- Dorothy Height Charter School Dorothy Height Charter School
- Mildred Osborne Charter School Mildred Osborne Charter School
- KIPP Central City KIPP Central City
- Langston Hughes Charter Academy Langston Hughes Charter Academy
- Homer Plessy Community School Homer Plessy Community School
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.