Benjamin Franklin School
426 West Main St., Meriden, CT, 06450-3802 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Benjamin Franklin School
School Level Primary school
Grades Offered Grades PK - 12
County New Haven County, CT
Students & Faculty
Total Students 557 students
% Male / % Female 52%  /  48%
Total Classroom Teachers 32 teachers
Students by Grade
Pre-K - 68 students
Kind - 90 students
Grade 1 - 62 students
Grade 2 - 68 students
Grade 3 - 62 students
Grade 4 - 65 students
Grade 5 - 74 students
Grade 6 - 66 students
Grade 10 - 1 students
Grade 12 - 1 students
This School
(CT) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:17 1:18
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(CT) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian 4% 4%
% Hispanic 40% 17%
% Black 13% 15%
% White 43% 63%
Additional Student Information
This School
(CT) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 38% 21%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 7% 5%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(CT) Statewide Testing Performance
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School District:
School District Name Meriden School District
This School's Agency
(CT) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 12 5
Number of Students Managed 8,883 students 2,310 students
District Total Revenue $118,647,000 $28,568,000
District Expenditure $115,251,000 $26,935,000
District Revenue / Student $13,357 $12,367
District Expenditure / Student $12,974 $11,660
In the News:
  • Parent's effort helps fill supplies gap (The Record-Journal)
    posted on September 9, 2009 at 03:31:16 am
    MERIDEN - When her children, the twins Rocco and Isabell, were in kindergarten a couple of years ago, Erin Reig noticed that some of the pupils arrived at school empty-handed, lacking supplies and backpacks and, perhaps most movingly, snacks when it came to snack time.
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (06450)
School Zip (06450)
(CT) State Average
Population (Approximate) 34,611 people 3,282,160 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 25% 35%
Population Average Age 37 years old 37 years old
Average Household size 2.5 persons 2.4 persons
Median Household Income $44,593 $52,927
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.2 rooms 5.5 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 48 years old 48 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (06450)


Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 62% / 38% 62% / 38%
School Map:
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View all schools in: Meriden, New Haven County, Zip 06450 
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Note: Data has been gathered from several government and commercial data sources. School data reflects 2006 statistics (most recent year available).

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