Enrollment
198
High
DISTRICT 196 · STATE 501
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW FRANKLIN R-I·NCES 292194001223
New Franklin Middle-High
412 West Broadway, New Franklin, MO 65274 · (660) 848-2314 · Howard County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL198 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
65 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within NEW FRANKLIN R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
27.2%
MO avg 49.5% . -29.6pp since 2023
Math
4.0%
MO avg 48.7% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 30 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Missouri 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 Missouri'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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
198
-47 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 12.5:1
% White
91%
was 93%
% Hispanic
2%
was 0%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,147
Census ACS
Median income
$65,938
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,373 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- New Franklin Elementary0.0 mi · 194
- DAVID BARTON ELEM.3.2 mi · 298
- LAURA SPEED ELLIOTT MIDDLE3.2 mi · 313
- Greenways Academy3.2 mi · 105
- BOONVILLE HIGH5.5 mi · 527
- HANNAH COLE PRIMARY5.7 mi · 419
Frequently asked questions
About New Franklin Middle-HighHow large is New Franklin Middle-High?
New Franklin Middle-High enrolls approximately 198 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does New Franklin Middle-High serve?
New Franklin Middle-High serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at New Franklin Middle-High?
Approximately 9.7:1 students per teacher at New Franklin Middle-High.
How diverse is New Franklin Middle-High?
New Franklin Middle-High reports a student body of 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is New Franklin Middle-High public or private?
New Franklin Middle-High is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW FRANKLIN R-I.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.