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Ben Franklin Academy

Ben Franklin Academy school profile in Highlands Ranch, Colorado with TractSignal score, achievement history, enrollment trends, FRL trend, and tract-linked housing and crime context.

TractSignal score
81/100
strong current academics, durable school quality · high confidence
Enrollment
961
Enrollment has increased 8% over the available history.
FRL Share
6.6%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
758.2
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Ben Franklin Academy

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Academic Quality

83

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

75

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

53

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

66

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

School metrics compare against peers; place metrics compare the linked tract against Highlands Ranch and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 78 · Colorado 50
81 78
2 Academic average
Peer 761.3 · Colorado 737.4
758.2 761.3
3 ELA
Peer 765.4 · Colorado 741
762.2 765.4
4 Math
Peer 761.3 · Colorado 736.9
760.5 761.3
5 Science
Peer 757.1 · Colorado 734.5
751.9 757.1
6 Enrollment
Peer 446 · Colorado 394
961 446
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Highlands Ranch n/a · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
n/a n/a
2 Market rent
Highlands Ranch $2,541 · Colorado $1,977
$2,120 $2,541
3 Home price
Highlands Ranch $718,166 · Colorado $556,199
$683,083 $718,166
4 Poverty rate
Highlands Ranch 3.4% · Colorado 10.1%
4.9% 3.4%
5 Median income
Highlands Ranch $159,930 · Colorado $101,131
$106,083 $159,930
6 Renter share
Highlands Ranch 19.1% · Colorado 32.6%
68.8% 19.1%
Research notes

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Academic picture

Ben Franklin Academy currently posts a blended academic reading around 758.2, with ELA at 762.2, Math at 760.5, and Science at 751.9. Against Highlands Ranch elementary schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 83/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has increased 8% over the available history. ELA has moved down 0.9 points over the available history. Math has moved up 7.2 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 75/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Ben Franklin Academy currently serves about 961 students. FRL share sits near 6.6%, which is treated as support context rather than a penalty in the school score.

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What the surrounding tract looks like

Tract 014131 carries violent crime around n/a, market rent near $2,120, median income near $106,083, and home-price context near $683,083. That surrounding tract context supports the school score rather than standing alone as a disconnected local stat block.

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Housing and safety around the school

The school maps into ZIP 80129 where rent context currently sits near $2,120 and home-price context near $683,083. Crime trend context is still thin around this school.

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The quick read

Ben Franklin Academy currently reads as strong current academics, durable school quality. The total TractSignal school score is 81/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.