Franklin Central High School

Franklin Central High School is a large senior high in Indianapolis, Indiana, part of Franklin Township Com Sch Corp. The school serves 3,438 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 321% above the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 816 students.

Franklin Township Com Sch Corp runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 11,385 students. Franklin Central High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Franklin Central High School records that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 16% Asian, 14% Black, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Marion County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 173 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Franklin Central High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Marion County (around 60%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the area at large, census data for Marion County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,346 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Marion County runs 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), of which Franklin Central High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lillie Idella Kitley Intermediate, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Franklin Central High School.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Franklin Central High School's enrollment has grew 26% since 2018, when it stood at 2,726 (now 3,438). White enrollment moved from 75% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 today.

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