Custer Baker Intermediate School

As a reasonably sized middle school in Franklin, Indiana, Custer Baker Intermediate School serves 734 students from grades 5 through 6, overseen by Franklin Community School Corp. Enrollment runs roughly 24% larger than the state mean of about 594.

Franklin Community School Corp comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,966 students; Custer Baker Intermediate School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Custer Baker Intermediate School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to Johnson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting Custer Baker Intermediate School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 50% of students at Custer Baker Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Johnson County's rate of about 41%.

With demographic context factored in, Custer Baker Intermediate School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.0%; this one delivers 44.7%.

Across the wider county, Johnson County reports that median household income runs about $90,454, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Johnson County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,824 students), of which Custer Baker Intermediate School is one.

The closest other public school is Creekside Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Custer Baker Intermediate School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Custer Baker Intermediate School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 43.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Custer Baker Intermediate School has showed little movement, going from 738 students in 2018 to 734 in 2025.

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