Franklin County Middle School

Franklin County Middle School operates as a tight-knit middle-grades school in Brookville, Indiana, run under Franklin County Community Sch Corp. Current enrollment sits at 385 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 35% below the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 594 students.

Across the 5 schools in Franklin County Community Sch Corp (1,944 students total), Franklin County Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Franklin County Middle School lists that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Franklin County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Franklin County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Franklin County Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.6%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Franklin County put median household earnings sit near $78,074, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Franklin County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,167 students), of which Franklin County Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Franklin County High, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Franklin County Middle School. On composite proficiency, Franklin County Middle School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 46.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Franklin County Middle School's enrollment has shrank 19% since 2018, when it stood at 476 (now 385).

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