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Benjamin Franklin Junior High School

Serves grades 7 - 9

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
2000 Polk St
Stevens Point, WI 54481
Phone
(715) 345-5413
District
STEVENS POINT AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
PORTAGE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
825
Classroom Teachers
61

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Wisconsin

4

(10 is best)

Better than 31.7% of all WI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Benjamin Franklin Junior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

50 40 30 20 10 0
38%
37%
42%
39%
34%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

40 30 20 10 0
25%
32%
28%
34%
22%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
15
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 265 32.1%
Grade 8 279 33.8%
Grade 9 281 34.1%
Total 825 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 78.3% 81.8% 71.2%
Black 1.9% 2.3% 9.2%
Hispanic 10.7% 8.8% 13.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 8.8% 6.8% 4.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.5% 1.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 40.8% 40.1% 39.4%
Free lunch eligible 34.1% 33.3% 35.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.8% 6.8% 4.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 56,846 5,892,539
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 147.9 108
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.8% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.1% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.6% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.8% 26.2%
65 OR OLDER 15.8% 17.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 23,469 2,425,488
Single Parent Households With Children 7.6% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.0% 93.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 36.1% 32.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.9% 15.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.5% 18.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.2% 14.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.9% 18.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.5% 15.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.6% 10.9%
$15,000 or less 8.4% 7.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,832 $56,069,288 40.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $539 $3,858,701 2.8%
Staff $450 $3,221,550 2.3%
General Administration $330 $2,362,470 1.7%
School Administration $614 $4,395,626 3.2%
Operation $2,953 $21,140,527 15.3%
Transportation $485 $3,472,115 2.5%
Other $627 $4,488,693 3.2%
Total Support $5,999 $42,946,841 31.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,497 $39,353,023 28.4%
Total Expenditures $19,328 $138,369,152 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,699 $6,386,625,832 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $674 $558,913,478 4.2%
Staff $736 $610,274,665 4.5%
General Administration $291 $241,011,944 1.8%
School Administration $677 $561,313,676 4.2%
Operation $1,271 $1,054,524,399 7.8%
Transportation $506 $419,848,997 3.1%
Other $663 $549,562,435 4.1%
Total Support $4,816 $3,995,343,921 29.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,688 $3,059,218,482 22.8%
Total Expenditures $16,204 $13,441,258,097 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%