Franklin East Grade School

As an one-room-style primary school in Franklin, Illinois, Franklin East Grade School hosts 80 students from grades pre-K through 2, operated by Franklin CUSD 1. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Franklin East Grade School sits 79% smaller than that benchmark.

Franklin CUSD 1 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 284 students; Franklin East Grade School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Franklin East Grade School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%); the rest breaks down as 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Morgan County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Morgan County (around 57%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Morgan County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,306 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Morgan County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,446 students), of which Franklin East Grade School is one.

The closest other public school is Franklin Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Franklin East Grade School has increased 33%, going from 60 students in 2018 to 80 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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