Enrollment
157
Middle
DISTRICT 196 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280153001111
Franklin Middle School
236 Edison Street, Meadville, MS 39653 · (601) 384-2441 · Franklin County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL157 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of Mississippi public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
127 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 80%
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 7 | 81 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 76 | 48% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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 Middle School→Franklin High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Franklin County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
36.7%
MS avg 45.9% . +6.9pp since 2023
Math
36.7%
MS avg 52.8% . -11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.7% | 36.7% |
| 2023-24 | 29.8% | 47.7% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Middle School
Franklin Middle School's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Middle School this school | 157 | 80.9% | 43.9% |
| Perry Central Middle School NEW AUGUSTA | 178 | 82.0% | 48.2% |
| Franklin Upper Elementary Meadville | 234 | 82.1% | 46.1% |
| Nettleton Junior High Nettleton | 243 | 80.7% | 38.7% |
| Rod Paige Middle School Monticello | 191 | 82.2% | 57.7% |
| Quitman Junior High School Quitman | 288 | 82.3% | 33.4% |
Matched among Mississippi 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #107 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #122 of 181 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #99 of 181 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 157 | #176 of 186 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.9% | #102 of 184 |
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
157
-50 (-24%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 157 | 14.7 | 10.7:1 | 81% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 182 | 15 | 12.1:1 | 84% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 204 | 14.4 | 14.2:1 | 99% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 207 | 18 | 11.5:1 | 99% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 159 | 16.7 | 9.6:1 | 78% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 208 | 15 | 13.9:1 | 82% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 28 | 12.1:1 | 73% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 387 | 24 | 16.1:1 | 69% (267) |
| 1990-91 | 413 | 25 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Middle School.
About Franklin Middle School
Franklin Middle School is a very small middle school found in Meadville, Mississippi. The school counted 157 students in 2024-25, covering grades 7 through 8. That is 65% below the average of about 452 students for middle schools in Mississippi.
Franklin County School District has a total of 4 schools and 1,147 students, Franklin Middle School among them.
Federal enrollment data show Franklin Middle School is 57% White. Other groups include 42% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 14.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 10.7:1. The gap from the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi is 3.1 students per teacher. The school reported 81% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Franklin County is close, at 79%.
Franklin Middle School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 36% of Mississippi public middle schools.
Franklin Middle School is 9.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (43.9% versus 53.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Mississippi.
Franklin County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $52,939, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 26% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Franklin County's 5 public schools enroll about 1,147 students and include Franklin Middle School.
The closest school to Franklin Middle School is Franklin High School, located about 0.1 miles away. Franklin Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 50.9% on proficiency, and Franklin Middle School is below that at 43.9%.
Franklin Middle School is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.
A 24% decline took enrollment from 207 in 2020-21 to 157 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Franklin Middle School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,622
Census ACS
Median income
$52,939
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
26%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,147 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin County School District
- Franklin Lower ElementaryElementary · 379 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 377 students
- Franklin Upper ElementaryMiddle · 234 students
- FRANKLIN CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTERHigh
Other schools in Meadville
- Franklin Lower ElementaryElementary · 379 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 377 students
- Franklin Upper ElementaryMiddle · 234 students
- FRANKLIN CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTERHigh
Other Franklin Middle schools
15 other US public schools in 13 states are named Franklin Middle. Franklin Middle School is the 15th largest of the 16.
- Franklin MiddleReisterstown, MD · 1,150 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolYakima, WA · 848 students
- Franklin MiddleChantilly, VA · 798 students
- FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOLPOCATELLO, ID · 718 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolChampaign, IL · 665 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin High School0.1 mi · 377
- Franklin Upper Elementary2.2 mi · 234
- Franklin Lower Elementary2.2 mi · 379
- West Lincoln School19.1 mi · 636
- Jefferson County Middle School19.1 mi · 240
- Jefferson County Elementary19.2 mi · 512
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Franklin Middle School?
Franklin Middle School enrolls approximately 157 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Franklin Middle School serve?
Franklin Middle School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Middle School is approximately 10.7:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Middle School?
At Franklin Middle School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 1% Hispanic, 42% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Franklin Middle School public or private?
Franklin Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Franklin County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.