Franklin High

Franklin High operates as a moderately sized 9-12 campus in Reisterstown, Maryland, overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,481 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 25% above the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 1,185 students.

Within Baltimore County Public Schools, which oversees 177 schools and 110,872 students, Franklin High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Franklin High reports that 42% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Hispanic, 19% White, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Franklin High shows 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. The state averages around 15.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Franklin High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.3%; this one delivers 32.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Baltimore County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $91,768 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Baltimore County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), Franklin High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Reisterstown Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Franklin High. On composite proficiency, Franklin High comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Franklin High has fell 6%, going from 1,576 students in 2018 to 1,481 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 9% to 27% across the same window.

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