Franklin Middle School

Franklin Middle School is a small intermediate school in Franklin, New Hampshire, one of the schools within Franklin School District. The school instructs 301 students in grades 4 through 8. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 379 students each, so Franklin Middle School sits 21% leaner than that benchmark.

Franklin School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 842 students. Franklin Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Franklin Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Beyond that, the school shows 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Franklin Middle School logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Merrimack County runs at roughly 25%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Franklin Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Merrimack County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,004 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Merrimack County's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,429 students), Franklin Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Paul A. Smith School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Franklin Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Franklin Middle School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 33.3%.

Franklin Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Franklin Middle School has shrank 21%, going from 380 students in 2018 to 301 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 4% to 9% over that span.

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