Enrollment
281
High
DISTRICT 286 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN MONROE LOCAL·NCES 390466402617
Franklin Monroe High School
8591 Oakes Rd, Arcanum, OH 45304 · (937) 947-1207 · Darke County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL281 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of Ohio public high schools
- B+Test 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.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
164 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 43%
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 59 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 68 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 35 | 12% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 54% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Franklin Monroe Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
79.9%
OH avg 59.8% . +6.9pp since 2021
Math
54.8%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.9% | 54.8% |
| 2023-24 | 78.3% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 82.0% | 55.8% |
| 2021-22 | 73.0% | 53.4% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
70.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 Monroe High School
Franklin Monroe High School's state test result (70.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Monroe High School this school | 281 | 58.4% | 70.7% |
| James A Garfield High School Garrettsville | 362 | 57.2% | 73.5% |
| Grand Valley High School Orwell | 273 | 57.5% | 57.9% |
| Monroe Central High School Woodsfield | 246 | 56.1% | 50.9% |
| Ridgedale Jr/Sr High School Morral | 315 | 55.2% | 52.9% |
| Buckeye Trail High School Lore City | 287 | 59.2% | 56.3% |
Matched among Ohio high 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 Monroe High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Darke County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #216 of 403 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #308 of 776 ▼ 58 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #126 of 774 ▲ 40 | #3 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.2pp | #351 of 742 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 281 | #637 of 888 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #326 of 739 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.0% | #617 of 749 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.4% | #111 of 435 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.8% | #93 of 484 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
281
-24 (-8%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 330
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 281 | 17.9 | 15.7:1 | 58% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 17.9 | 15.8:1 | 37% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 263 | 16.9 | 15.6:1 | 30% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | 20 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 18 | 19.7:1 | 35% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 17 | 23.2:1 | 39% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 20 | 16.7:1 | 21% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 368 | 19 | 19.4:1 | 10% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 330 | 20 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Monroe High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (355 to 281); teachers down 1% (18 to 17.9).
About Franklin Monroe High School
Franklin Monroe High School is the name of a low-enrollment high school in Arcanum, Ohio. It offers grades 7 through 12 and has 281 students enrolled. That is 50% below the average of about 565 students for high schools in Ohio.
Federal data list 2 schools in Franklin Monroe Local, with 571 students enrolled.
The share of students at Franklin Monroe High School who are White is 94%. Other students are 2% multiracial. Darke County residents are about 95% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 11% means there is an 11% chance two randomly chosen students at Franklin Monroe High School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Monroe High School is 15.7:1, based on 17.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Ohio, 17.7:1, is higher. Franklin Monroe High School counts 58% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 60% average for public schools in Darke County.
Among Ohio public high schools, Franklin Monroe High School outscored 73%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Franklin Monroe High School is 3.9 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 70.7% actual, 66.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Ohio.
Darke County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $64,486 a year, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Darke County number 24, with about 7,993 students.
Franklin Monroe High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Franklin Monroe Elementary School, its nearest public school. Franklin Monroe High School has 5 other public schools within five miles.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment decreased by 8% across 4 years, from 305 in 2020-21 to 281 in 2024-25.
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Darke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,594
Census ACS
Median income
$64,486
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
7,993 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin Monroe Local
- Franklin Monroe Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
Other schools in Arcanum
- Arcanum Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Arcanum High SchoolHigh · 325 students
- Butler Middle SchoolMiddle · 321 students
- Franklin Monroe Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- Arcanum Early Learning CenterElementary · 72 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin Monroe Elementary School0.0 mi · 290
- Butler Middle School3.6 mi · 321
- Arcanum High School3.6 mi · 325
- Arcanum Elementary School3.6 mi · 437
- Arcanum Early Learning Center3.9 mi · 72
- Milton-Union High School7.4 mi · 369
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Monroe High SchoolHow many students attend Franklin Monroe High School?
Franklin Monroe High School enrolls approximately 281 students in grades 07-12.
Is Franklin Monroe High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Franklin Monroe High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Franklin Monroe High School have?
Franklin Monroe High School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Monroe High School?
At Franklin Monroe High School, the student body is approximately 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Franklin Monroe High School?
Franklin Monroe High School is overseen by Franklin Monroe Local in Darke County.
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