Enrollment
196
Middle
DISTRICT 291 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. MARY PARISH·NCES 220162001243
Franklin Junior High School
1600 Main Street, Franklin, LA 70538 · (337) 828-0855 · St. Mary Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL196 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Louisiana public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
183 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 6 | 72 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 66 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 30% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 65% · 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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
16.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -6.0pp since 2022
Math
19.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 16.0% | 19.0% |
| 2024-25 | 19.0% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 9.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 12.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. 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
15.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% typical for Louisiana 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 Louisiana'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 Junior High School
Franklin Junior High School's state test result (15.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Junior High School this school | 196 | 93.4% | 15.0% |
| Evangeline Reimagine Academy Ville Platte | 175 | 95.4% | 9.7% |
| Ferriday Junior High School Ferriday | 241 | 94.2% | 10.7% |
| Homer Junior High School Homer | 232 | 95.7% | 8.5% |
| Madison Middle School Tallulah | 238 | 93.3% | 10.8% |
| Scotlandville Pre-Engineering Academy Baton Rouge | 216 | 90.3% | 22.3% |
Matched among Louisiana 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 Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #184 of 213 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #158 of 210 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #204 of 213 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #122 of 197 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 196 | #197 of 220 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.4% | #14 of 214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #134 of 162 |
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
196
-21 (-10%) vs 2020
-70% since 1990-91, when it was 654
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 196 | 13.2 | 14.9:1 | 93% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 210 | 19.6 | 10.7:1 | 89% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 211 | 14.3 | 14.8:1 | 88% (185) |
| 2020-21 | 217 | 9 | 24.1:1 | 74% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 214 | 12.8 | 16.7:1 | 73% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 205 | 20 | 10.3:1 | 96% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 326 | 22 | 14.8:1 | 89% (291) |
| 2000-01 | 323 | 22 | 14.7:1 | 80% (258) |
| 1990-91 | 654 | 41 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (214 to 196); teachers up 3% (12.8 to 13.2).
About Franklin Junior High School
As a small middle school, Franklin Junior High School serves students in Franklin, Louisiana. The school counts 196 students across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 55% smaller than the 440 average for middle schools in Louisiana.
St. Mary Parish is made up of 21 schools with 7,153 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show Franklin Junior High School is 82% Black. After that, the student body is 9% White, 5% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Among all residents of St. Mary Parish, the Black share is about 29%. The school's diversity index is 32%, meaning two students picked at random have a 32% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Franklin Junior High School's 13.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.9:1. On average, middle schools in Louisiana have 41.0:1, compared with 14.9:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 93% of enrollment. Compared with the 75% average for public schools in St. Mary Parish, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Franklin Junior High School a C. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Franklin Junior High School would be expected to post about 17.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 15.0%.
County data help place the school in context: in St. Mary Parish, the median household income is $52,576, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 14% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 18%. St. Mary Parish is home to 23 public schools and about 7,765 public school students.
Franklin Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Franklin Junior High School holds 4 other public schools. Franklin Junior High School ranks 5th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 15.0% against a local average of 23.5%.
Franklin Junior High School is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
Federal data show a 10% enrollment decrease, from 217 in 2020-21 to 196 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 14.9:1, from 24.1:1.
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St. Mary Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,828
Census ACS
Median income
$52,576
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
7,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Mary Parish
- Morgan City High SchoolHigh · 650 students
- Hattie A. Watts Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
- Berwick High SchoolHigh · 469 students
- Patterson High SchoolHigh · 439 students
- Centerville High SchoolCombined · 429 students
- Berwick Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
Other schools in Franklin
- V. B. Glencoe Charter SchoolCombined · 502 students
- Franklin Senior High SchoolHigh · 304 students
- W.P. Foster Elementary SchoolElementary · 222 students
- LaGrange Elementary SchoolElementary · 221 students
Other Franklin Junior High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Franklin Junior High. Franklin Junior High School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Franklin Junior High SchoolFranklin, OH · 617 students
- Franklin Junior High SchoolMESA, AZ · 288 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin Senior High School0.0 mi · 304
- W.P. Foster Elementary School1.4 mi · 222
- LaGrange Elementary School1.5 mi · 221
- Raintree Elementary School4.9 mi · 254
- Centerville High School5.3 mi · 429
- B. Edward Boudreaux Middle School5.4 mi · 150
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Junior High SchoolHow large is Franklin Junior High School?
Franklin Junior High School enrolls approximately 196 students in grades 06-08.
Is Franklin Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Franklin Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Franklin Junior High School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Franklin Junior High School.
What is the student diversity at Franklin Junior High School?
Student demographics at Franklin Junior High School are roughly 9% White, 5% Hispanic, 82% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Franklin Junior High School in?
Franklin Junior High School is part of St. Mary Parish.
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