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Franklin Elementary School

Grades: K-5
Students: 597
Type: Public
10/10
GreatSchools Rating
Student-Teacher Ratio: 22:1
Certified Teachers: 100%
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Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
2400 Montana Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90403
(310) 828-2814
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Additional GreatSchools Ratings
10/10
Test Scores
10/10
Equity
NA
Academic Progress
NA
College Readiness
10/10
Student Growth

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Classes are over-crowded, teachers do not give any individualized attention or feedback to kids, parents are treated as bothers and ignored. The worst is writing instruction which is entirely non-existent. Either you get a teacher that gives very few writing projects, so no practice and no feedback;
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Posted by a parent on 6/13/2024
We had some horrible experiences at this school. If you can avoid this school, do so. Out of the 6 years that my son attended, we encountered two abusive teachers. Any kind of dialogue with the school administration was not possible. If your child has a problem with a teacher, it will always be your
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Posted by a parent on 6/4/2022
I am the grandmother of a highly intelligent dyslexic child, for whom Franklin was a disaster. While her teachers recognized from first grade on that she had problems reading, they never recognized (or acknowledged) that she had garden-variety dyslexia. Indeed, they were not allowed (by the administ
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Posted by a parent on 11/21/2021
Better than I could ever imagine, for sure!
Posted by a parent on 5/2/2019
We are so lucky to be at Franklin where the students have a great academic foundation and get to experience the arts, P.E., and science on a regular basis. It's like getting a private school education, but at our local public school, where we can walk to campus. Get involved in your kids' classes, s
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Posted by a parent on 5/15/2018
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Santa Monica schools - Franklin Elementary School is located at 2400 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica CA 90403. Franklin Elementary School is in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. Franklin Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels K-5.

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