Franklin County Middle School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 76 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 157 | 41% |
| Grade 8 | 152 | 39% |
School pathway
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyWhat this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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%.
Where Franklin County Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #192 of 324 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #223 of 325 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #190 of 325 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #234 of 334 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #163 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.1% | #315 of 315 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.9% | #163 of 330 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #37 of 187 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 385 | 25.5 | 15.1:1 | 50% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 364 | 23.5 | 15.5:1 | 49% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 22.5 | 15.9:1 | 53% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 36 | 11.6:1 | 47% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 50% (237) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 25 | 16.6:1 | 51% (212) |
| 2010-11 | 478 | 22 | 21.7:1 | 45% (214) |
| 2000-01 | 345 | 16 | 21.6:1 | 26% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 472 | 18 | 26.2:1 | N/A |
About Franklin County Middle School
Franklin County Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school with an address in Brookville, Indiana. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 385 students. The school's enrollment is 35% smaller than the 594 average for middle schools in Indiana.
A total of 5 schools make up Franklin County Community Sch Corp, with 1,944 students enrolled.
The large majority of students at Franklin County Middle School, 97%, are White. That is close to the 96% White share among all Franklin County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Franklin County Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 5%.
Its teaching staff equals 25.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.1:1. Across middle schools in Indiana, the average ratio is about 15.6:1. Around 50% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is 12 points above the 38% average for public schools in Franklin County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Franklin County Middle School, the prediction is 40.3% and the result is 34.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Franklin County show that median household income is about $78,074, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Franklin County Middle School is one of 7 public schools in Franklin County, which together enroll about 3,167 students.
Nearest public school: Franklin County High, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Franklin County Middle School ranks 6th of 7 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 419 to 385. Students per teacher rose from 11.6 in 2020-21 to 15.1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Franklin County at a glance
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