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What's the biggest difference between Franklin Middle School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
525
Middle
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 200·NCES 174218004211
Franklin Middle School
211 E Franklin St, Wheaton, IL 60187 · (630) 682-2060 · DuPage County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL525 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
135 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 161 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 175 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 188 | 36% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
87.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.1pp since 2023
Math
61.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.8% | 61.4% |
| 2023-24 | 73.7% | 47.5% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Illinois's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Franklin Middle School
Franklin Middle School's state test result (71.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Middle School this school | 525 | 25.7% | 71.5% |
| Edison Middle School Wheaton | 635 | 21.1% | 68.0% |
| Glen Crest Middle School Glen Ellyn | 723 | 26.6% | 56.0% |
| Lake Zurich Middle - N Campus Hawthorn Woods | 697 | 23.4% | 70.7% |
| Heineman Middle School Algonquin | 724 | 21.3% | 60.6% |
| Millburn Middle School Lindenhurst | 388 | 20.9% | 64.6% |
Matched among Illinois middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Franklin Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #24 of 578 | #7 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #66 of 640 ▲ 35 | #14 of 51 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.8% | #21 of 640 ▲ 46 | #5 of 51 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 525 | #266 of 691 | #28 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #164 of 558 | #18 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #210 of 560 | #29 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.7% | #486 of 581 | #29 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #58 of 440 | #2 of 37 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
525
-133 (-20%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 676
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 525 | 44.3 | 11.8:1 | 26% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 45.4 | 11.8:1 | 27% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 575 | 46.3 | 12.4:1 | 29% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 658 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 689 | 48.4 | 14.2:1 | 27% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 697 | 47 | 14.8:1 | 27% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 787 | 46 | 17.1:1 | 24% (192) |
| 2000-01 | 709 | 43 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 676 | 34 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (689 to 525); teachers down 8% (48.4 to 44.3).
About Franklin Middle School
Franklin Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school with an address in Wheaton, Illinois. It teaches 525 students in grades 6 through 8.
CUSD 200, which runs Franklin Middle School, has 20 schools and 11,639 students.
The share of White students at Franklin Middle School is 64%, a majority. The school is also 13% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put DuPage County at about 65% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at Franklin Middle School are from different groups.
The school has 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.8 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Illinois is 13.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 26% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Test results at Franklin Middle School are 14.9 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 71.5%, compared with a predicted 56.7%, which ranks in the top 10% in Illinois.
For DuPage County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $112,096 a year, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Franklin Middle School, DuPage County has 277 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Longfellow Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Franklin Middle School places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 20% decline, from 658 to 525.
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DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 200
- Wheaton Warrenville South High SchoolHigh · 1,864 students
- Wheaton North High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Hubble Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
Other schools in Wheaton
- Wheaton Warrenville South High SchoolHigh · 1,864 students
- Wheaton North High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Briar Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
- Wiesbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
Other Franklin Middle schools
15 other US public schools in 13 states are named Franklin Middle. Franklin Middle School is the 7th largest of the 16.
- Franklin Middle SchoolChampaign, IL · 665 students
- Franklin MiddleReisterstown, MD · 1,150 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolYakima, WA · 848 students
- Franklin MiddleChantilly, VA · 798 students
- FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOLPOCATELLO, ID · 718 students
Nearby schools
- Longfellow Elementary School0.4 mi · 318
- Hawthorne Elementary School0.6 mi · 185
- Lowell Elementary School0.8 mi · 283
- Whittier Elementary School0.9 mi · 433
- Emerson Elementary School1.1 mi · 263
- Wheaton North High School1.2 mi · 1,863
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Middle SchoolHow large is Franklin Middle School?
Franklin Middle School enrolls approximately 525 students in grades 06-08.
Is Franklin Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Franklin Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Franklin Middle School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Franklin Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Franklin Middle School?
Student demographics at Franklin Middle School are roughly 64% White, 13% Hispanic, 7% Black, 10% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Franklin Middle School in?
Franklin Middle School is part of CUSD 200.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.