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Enrollment
726
Middle
DISTRICT 730 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180369000580
Franklin Community Middle School
625 Grizzly Cub Dr, Franklin, IN 46131 · (317) 346-8400 · Johnson County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL726 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of Indiana public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
322 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 7 | 357 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 369 | 51% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 57% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Franklin Community Middle School→Franklin Community High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Franklin Community School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
43.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
35.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 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 Community Middle School
Franklin Community Middle School's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Community Middle School this school | 726 | 44.4% | 39.6% |
| Paul Hadley Middle School Mooresville | 668 | 45.1% | 40.9% |
| DeKalb Middle School Waterloo | 759 | 45.8% | 37.7% |
| Thompkins Middle School Evansville | 622 | 44.1% | 37.0% |
| Crestview Middle School Huntington | 596 | 45.1% | 36.1% |
| Greenfield Central Junior High Sch Greenfield | 690 | 47.7% | 33.2% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Community Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #148 of 324 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #171 of 325 | #7 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #127 of 325 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 726 | #100 of 334 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #139 of 314 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.4% | #210 of 315 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.4% | #212 of 330 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #120 of 187 | N/A |
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
726
-74 (-9%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 811
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 726 | 50 | 14.5:1 | 44% (322) |
| 2023-24 | 741 | 51.5 | 14.4:1 | 49% (362) |
| 2022-23 | 759 | 56 | 13.6:1 | 48% (363) |
| 2020-21 | 800 | 45 | 17.8:1 | 40% (321) |
| 2017-18 | 782 | 44.5 | 17.6:1 | 44% (343) |
| 2015-16 | 757 | 37 | 20.5:1 | 40% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 767 | 33 | 23.2:1 | 46% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 966 | 53 | 18.2:1 | 22% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 811 | 38 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Community Middle School.
About Franklin Community Middle School
Franklin Community Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Franklin, Indiana. Enrollment is 726 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 7 through 8. Against the 594-student average for middle schools in Indiana, enrollment here is 22% higher.
Franklin Community School Corp is made up of 9 schools with 4,966 students in all.
Most students at Franklin Community Middle School are White: 84% of enrollment. Other groups make up 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 2% Black. County-wide, about 85% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Franklin Community Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 28%.
Franklin Community Middle School counts 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.5 students for each one. Among middle schools in Indiana, the typical ratio is 15.6:1. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 41% average for public schools in Johnson County.
The allk12 Grade for Franklin Community Middle School is B-. Compared with Indiana public middle schools, the school scored higher than 50% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Franklin Community Middle School is 4.6 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 39.6% actual, 44.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Indiana.
In Johnson County (population about 166,315), median household income is about $90,454, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Franklin Community Middle School is one of 40 public schools in Johnson County, which together enroll about 28,824 students.
Nearby, Northwood Elementary School is about 0.2 miles away. Franklin Community Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Franklin Community Middle School's average proficiency of 39.6% compares with 44.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Franklin Community Middle School saw enrollment fall 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.8:1 in 2020-21, and 14.5:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Franklin Community Middle School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
166,315
Census ACS
Median income
$90,454
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
28,824 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin Community School Corp
- Franklin Community High SchoolHigh · 1,531 students
- Custer Baker Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Creekside Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Northwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 505 students
- Needham Elementary SchoolElementary · 347 students
- Webb Elementary SchoolElementary · 319 students
Other schools in Franklin
- Franklin Community High SchoolHigh · 1,531 students
- Custer Baker Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Creekside Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Northwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 505 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Needham Elementary SchoolElementary · 347 students
Nearby schools
- Northwood Elementary School0.2 mi · 505
- Franklin Community Virtual School0.3 mi · 122
- Custer Baker Intermediate School1.1 mi · 734
- Creekside Elementary School1.4 mi · 517
- Webb Elementary School1.5 mi · 319
- Needham Elementary School1.5 mi · 347
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Community Middle SchoolHow large is Franklin Community Middle School?
Franklin Community Middle School enrolls approximately 726 students in grades 07-08.
Is Franklin Community Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Franklin Community Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin Community Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Community Middle School is approximately 14.5:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Community Middle School?
At Franklin Community Middle School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Franklin Community Middle School public or private?
Franklin Community Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Franklin Community School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.