Enrollment
231
Elementary
DISTRICT 310 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280120000159
Franklin Academy
501 3rd Avenue N, Columbus, MS 39701 · (662) 241-7150 · Lowndes County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL231 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 Mississippi public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
231 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 80%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 62% · 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 Academy→Columbus Middle School
Based on grade levels within Columbus Municipal School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
28.2%
MS avg 45.9% . -4.5pp since 2023
Math
39.8%
MS avg 52.8% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.2% | 39.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.7% | 38.3% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. 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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi 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 Mississippi'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 Academy
Franklin Academy's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Academy this school | 231 | 100.0% | 44.5% |
| Durant Elementary School Durant | 242 | 100.0% | 44.7% |
| Warren Central Intermediate Vicksburg | 353 | 100.0% | 37.0% |
| Akin Elementary School Greenville | 255 | 100.0% | 50.3% |
| Philadelphia Elementary School Philadelphia | 430 | 100.0% | 49.2% |
| Grace Christian Elementary HATTIESBURG | 367 | 100.0% | 66.9% |
Matched among Mississippi elementary 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 Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Lowndes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #311 of 428 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #302 of 439 ▲ 15 | #3 of 8 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #389 of 439 ▼ 10 | #8 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 231 | #390 of 453 | #8 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #123 of 408 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.1% | #295 of 409 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #30 of 444 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.6% | #48 of 296 | #1 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
231
-41 (-15%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 556
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 231 | 16.6 | 14.0:1 | 100% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 19.7 | 13.6:1 | 100% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 261 | 19.2 | 13.6:1 | 100% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 18 | 15.1:1 | 100% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 328 | 21.6 | 15.2:1 | 100% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 100% (384) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 26 | 15.9:1 | 93% (385) |
| 2000-01 | 295 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 73% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 556 | 31 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Academy.
About Franklin Academy
Families in Columbus, Mississippi, are served by Franklin Academy, a small elementary school. There are 231 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Mississippi, the average enrollment is about 446.
The 7 schools in Columbus Municipal School District enroll 3,011 students altogether, Franklin Academy among them.
Black students are 84% of those enrolled at Franklin Academy. The next largest groups are 6% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. In Lowndes County overall, about 44% of residents are Black. A diversity index of 28% means there is a 28% chance two randomly chosen students at Franklin Academy are from different groups.
There are 16.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.0:1. Compared with the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Lowndes County, the average eligibility rate is 75%.
Among Mississippi public elementary schools, Franklin Academy outscored 33%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Franklin Academy is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 44.5%. Predicted: 44.1%.
The school is in Lowndes County, where median household income comes to about $53,812, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Lowndes County counts 20 public schools with about 8,512 students.
Measured in a straight line, MS SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE is about 0.7 miles from Franklin Academy. The five-mile area around Franklin Academy holds at least 8 other public schools. Franklin Academy comes in 2nd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Remote.
The school shrank from 272 students in 2020-21 to 231 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.1:1 in 2020-21 to 14.0:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Franklin Academy lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Lowndes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
57,838
Census ACS
Median income
$53,812
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
8,512 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Columbus Municipal School District
- Columbus High SchoolHigh · 865 students
- Columbus Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- Cook Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Stokes Beard Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Sale Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 244 students
Other schools in Columbus
- New Hope ElementaryElementary · 1,191 students
- Columbus High SchoolHigh · 865 students
- New Hope High SchoolHigh · 787 students
- New Hope Middle SchoolMiddle · 604 students
- Columbus Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- Cook Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
Other Franklin Academy schools
One other US public school is named Franklin Academy. Franklin Academy is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Franklin AcademyWake Forest, NC · 1,660 students
Nearby schools
- MS SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE0.7 mi · 240
- Stokes Beard Elementary School1.4 mi · 369
- Cook Elementary School1.6 mi · 415
- Fairview Elementary School2.6 mi · 244
- Columbus High School2.6 mi · 865
- Sale Elementary School3.3 mi · 290
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Franklin Academy?
Franklin Academy enrolls approximately 231 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Franklin Academy serve?
Franklin Academy serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Academy is approximately 14.0:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Academy?
At Franklin Academy, the student body is approximately 6% White, 3% Hispanic, 84% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Franklin Academy?
Franklin Academy is overseen by Columbus Municipal School District in Lowndes County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.