Franklin Lakes School District

Public school district · Bergen County · New Jersey · NCES district ID 3405370

Franklin Lakes School District spent $35,091 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 97% of the other New Jersey districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $24,665). Its 4 schools enrolled 1,165 students in 2024-25; 21.5% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $36,726 per student, up 4.7% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).

Spending per student among New Jersey districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Franklin Lakes in enrollment (1,170 to 1,225 students) and Franklin Lakes itself.

Current spending per student, New Jersey districts closest in size to Franklin Lakes, FY23Franklin Lakes $35,091; Park Ridge $31,369; Millstone Township $29,569; Lower Cape May Regional $29,450; Clinton Township $29,397; Mainland Regional High School $28,530; Butler $25,334; River Edge $21,635; Closter Public Schools $21,333; South Amboy $18,905; State median, 1,000+ students $24,665.15k20k25k30k35k40kFranklin Lakes$35,091Park Ridge$31,369Millstone Township$29,569Lower Cape May Regional$29,450Clinton Township$29,397Mainland Regional High School$28,530Butler$25,334River Edge$21,635Closter Public Schools$21,333South Amboy$18,905State median, 1,000+ students $24,665
Current spending per student, New Jersey districts closest in size to Franklin Lakes, FY23Franklin Lakes $35,091; Park Ridge $31,369; Millstone Township $29,569; Lower Cape May Regional $29,450; Clinton Township $29,397; Mainland Regional High School $28,530; Butler $25,334; River Edge $21,635; Closter Public Schools $21,333; South Amboy $18,905; State median, 1,000+ students $24,665.15k20k25k30k35k40kFranklin Lakes$35,091Park Ridge$31,369Millstone Township$29,569Lower Cape May Regional$29,450Clinton Township$29,397Mainland Regional High School$28,530Butler$25,334River Edge$21,635Closter Public Schools$21,333South Amboy$18,905State median, 1,000+ students $24,665
Current spending per student, New Jersey districts closest in size to Franklin Lakes, FY23Franklin Lakes $35,091; Park Ridge $31,369; Millstone Township $29,569; Lower Cape May Regional $29,450; Clinton Township $29,397; Mainland Regional High School $28,530; Butler $25,334; River Edge $21,635; Closter Public Schools $21,333; South Amboy $18,905; State median, 1,000+ students $24,665.15k25k35k40kFranklin Lakes$35,091Park Ridge$31,369Millstone Township$29,569Lower Cape May Regional$29,450Clinton Township$29,397Mainland Regional High School$28,530Butler$25,334River Edge$21,635Closter Public Schools$21,333South Amboy$18,905State median, 1,000+ students $24,665
Current spending per student, New Jersey districts closest in size to Franklin Lakes, FY23Franklin Lakes $35,091; Park Ridge $31,369; Millstone Township $29,569; Lower Cape May Regional $29,450; Clinton Township $29,397; Mainland Regional High School $28,530; Butler $25,334; River Edge $21,635; Closter Public Schools $21,333; South Amboy $18,905; State median, 1,000+ students $24,665.15k25k35k40kFranklin Lakes$35,091Park Ridge$31,369Millstone Township$29,569Lower Cape May Regional$29,450Clinton Township$29,397Mainland Regional High School$28,530Butler$25,334River Edge$21,635Closter Public Schools$21,333South Amboy$18,905State median, 1,000+ students $24,665

Where the money came from

$44,614,000 in revenue: 21.5% state, 76.3% local and 2.2% federal. Total spending including $2,817,000 of capital outlay was $45,858,000, or $38,247 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Franklin Lakes School District revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $9,582,000; Local $34,033,000; Federal $999,000; total $44,614,000.
  • State$9,582,000 21%
  • Local$34,033,000 76%
  • Federal$999,000 2%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 329 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

1,211 students in 2022-23, 1,201 students in 2023-24, 1,165 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Franklin Lakes School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,211, 2023-24: 1,201, 2024-25: 1,16505001k1.5k2022-231,2112023-241,2012024-251,165
Franklin Lakes School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,211, 2023-24: 1,201, 2024-25: 1,16505001k1.5k2022-231,2112023-241,2012024-251,165
Franklin Lakes School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,211, 2023-24: 1,201, 2024-25: 1,16505001k1.5k2022-231,2112023-241,2012024-251,165
Franklin Lakes School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,211, 2023-24: 1,201, 2024-25: 1,16505001k1.5k2022-231,2112023-241,2012024-251,165

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231,211149.18.1
2023-241,201144.18.3
2024-251,165144.18.1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$13,071,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $10,902 per student

Franklin Lakes School District booked $13,071,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 149 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $87,666 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 84 in 100 New Jersey districts with a figure (state median $77,508, 569 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average New Jersey teacher salary at $79,045 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$9,663,00073.9%
Special education$2,820,00021.6%
Other programs$588,0004.5%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $9,965 in 2018-19, $10,110 in 2019-20, $10,268 in 2020-21, $11,183 in 2021-22, $10,902 in 2022-23.

Franklin Lakes School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $9,965, 2019-20: $10,110, 2020-21: $10,268, 2021-22: $11,183, 2022-23: $10,90205k10k15k2018-19$9,9652019-20$10,1102020-21$10,2682021-22$11,1832022-23$10,902
Franklin Lakes School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $9,965, 2019-20: $10,110, 2020-21: $10,268, 2021-22: $11,183, 2022-23: $10,90205k10k15k2018-19$9,9652019-20$10,1102020-21$10,2682021-22$11,1832022-23$10,902
Franklin Lakes School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $9,965, 2019-20: $10,110, 2020-21: $10,268, 2021-22: $11,183, 2022-23: $10,90205k10k15k2018-19$9,9652019-20$10,1102020-21$10,2682021-22$11,1832022-23$10,902
Franklin Lakes School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $9,965, 2019-20: $10,110, 2020-21: $10,268, 2021-22: $11,183, 2022-23: $10,90205k10k15k2018-19$9,9652019-20$10,1102020-21$10,2682021-22$11,1832022-23$10,902

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Franklin Lakes School District scored proficient or above: 68% in reading and 59% in math, against 48.6% in reading and 35.5% in math across New Jersey. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within New Jersey, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtNew JerseyStudents tested
Reading and language arts68%48.6%
Math59%35.5%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

3 elementary schools, 796 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
High Mountain Road School3019.31.0%Targeted program
Woodside Avenue School2649.91.1%Eligible, no program
Colonial Road School2317.02.2%Targeted program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 middle school, 369 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Franklin Avenue Middle School3697.11.9%Targeted program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Franklin Lakes School District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Franklin Lakes School District

  1. New Jersey districts by spending per studentFranklin Lakes School District ranks 10 of 329 New Jersey districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($35,091).#10 of 329
  2. Every school district in New JerseyFranklin Lakes School District is the number 303 by size of 672 New Jersey districts, with 1,199 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#303 of 672
  3. Park Ridge School DistrictThe next larger New Jersey district: 1,208 students in fall 2022, $31,369 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$31,369
  4. Mainland Regional High SchoolThe next smaller New Jersey district: 1,197 students in fall 2022, $28,530 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$28,530
  5. Compare Franklin Lakes School District with Park Ridge School DistrictEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Teacher salary spending across New JerseyFranklin Lakes School District spent $87,666 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $77,508); spending, not a salary.$87,666
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Franklin Lakes School District

  1. How many schools and students are in Franklin Lakes School District?
    4 schools were open in 2024-25 (3 elementary, 1 middle), enrolling 1,165 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Franklin Lakes School District spend per student?
    $35,091 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the New Jersey median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $24,665 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $36,726 per student, up 4.7% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Franklin Lakes School District's money come from?
    $44,614,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 21.5% state, 76.3% local and 2.2% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Franklin Lakes School District live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 46 of the 1,381 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 3.3%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Franklin Lakes School District spend on teacher salaries?
    $13,071,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $10,902 per student. Divided by the 149 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $87,666 per teacher, more than 84 in 100 New Jersey districts (state median $77,508). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average New Jersey teacher salary at $79,045 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Franklin Lakes School District do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Franklin Lakes School District scored proficient or above: 68% in reading and 59% in math, against 48.6% in reading and 35.5% in math across New Jersey. New Jersey's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is Franklin Lakes School District's NCES district ID?
    3405370. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25