New Franklin Middle-High

New Franklin Middle-High is a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus in New Franklin, Missouri, run under NEW FRANKLIN R-I. The school caters to 198 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 60% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

New Franklin Middle-High is one of 2 schools operated by NEW FRANKLIN R-I, a district that works with 392 students overall.

On the student-mix side, New Franklin Middle-High logs that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 7% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.7:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, New Franklin Middle-High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.1%.

In the area at large, Howard County reports that median household income runs about $65,938, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Howard County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,373 students), New Franklin Middle-High is one campus in the mix.

New Franklin Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around New Franklin Middle-High. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Franklin Middle-High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 51.4%.

New Franklin Middle-High operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 245 students in 2018 compared to 198 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

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