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Enrollment
942
High
DISTRICT 437 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN AREA SD·NCES 421020004106
Franklin Area JSHS
246 Pone Lane, Franklin, PA 16323 · (814) 432-2121 · Venango County
GRADES 06–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL942 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
820 students
DISTRICT 107% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 6 | 141 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 141 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 128 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 132 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 148 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 119 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 133 | 14% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 59% · 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 Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
39.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.9pp since 2023
Math
24.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.7% | 24.1% |
| 2023-24 | 48.6% | 23.1% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. 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
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 Area JSHS
Franklin Area JSHS's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Area JSHS this school | 942 | 87.0% | 42.3% |
| James Buchanan High School Mercersburg | 721 | 97.9% | 47.3% |
| Jefferson County-DuBois Area Vocational-Technical School Reynoldsville | 587 | 95.4% | 24.4% |
| Forest Hills JSHS Sidman | 798 | 99.2% | 48.9% |
| Towanda Area JSHS Towanda | 709 | 98.4% | 45.1% |
| Warren Area High School Warren | 704 | 98.4% | 54.5% |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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 Area JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #407 of 576 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #470 of 626 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #509 of 626 ▼ 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 942 | #196 of 713 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #530 of 601 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.0% | #378 of 604 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #252 of 619 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.8% | #107 of 221 |
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
942
+106 (+13%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 938
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 942 | 54.9 | 17.2:1 | 87% (820) |
| 2023-24 | 820 | 53.9 | 15.2:1 | 100% (820) |
| 2022-23 | 834 | 54.9 | 15.2:1 | 84% (703) |
| 2020-21 | 836 | 58 | 14.4:1 | 42% (348) |
| 2017-18 | 874 | 63.3 | 13.8:1 | 43% (373) |
| 2015-16 | 608 | 40 | 15.2:1 | 47% (288) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | 45 | 14.8:1 | 37% (246) |
| 2000-01 | 848 | 50 | 17.0:1 | 32% (272) |
| 1990-91 | 938 | 54 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Area JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (874 to 942); teachers down 13% (63.3 to 54.9).
About Franklin Area JSHS
Franklin Area JSHS is a mid-sized high school located in Franklin, Pennsylvania. It offers grades 6 through 12 and has 942 students enrolled. By comparison, high schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 738 students on average.
Franklin Area JSHS belongs to Franklin Area SD, a district of 4 schools and 1,748 students.
White students are 89% of those enrolled at Franklin Area JSHS. Other reported shares: 6% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 20%.
The school's 54.9 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. Statewide, high schools in Pennsylvania average 12.8:1. Income data for the school show 87% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Franklin Area JSHS earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 42% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Franklin Area JSHS is 2.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Venango County show that median household income comes to about $61,522, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Venango County counts 15 public schools with about 5,704 students.
Sandycreek Elementary School sits about 0.1 miles from Franklin Area JSHS. Within five miles are 4 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 48.0%; Franklin Area JSHS's is 42.3%, ranking 5th of 5.
Franklin Area JSHS has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 942, from 836 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.4 to 17.2 over 4 years.
The discussion board for Franklin Area JSHS is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Venango County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
49,801
Census ACS
Median income
$61,522
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,704 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin Area SD
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Sandycreek Elementary SchoolElementary · 282 students
- Victory Elementary SchoolElementary · 182 students
Other schools in Franklin
- Valley Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Rocky Grove JSHSHigh · 366 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Sandycreek Elementary SchoolElementary · 282 students
Nearby schools
- Sandycreek Elementary School0.1 mi · 282
- Central Elementary School2.3 mi · 342
- Rocky Grove JSHS3.1 mi · 366
- Valley Grove Elementary School4.0 mi · 448
- Cranberry Area JSHS7.1 mi · 563
- Cranberry Elementary School7.2 mi · 581
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Area JSHSHow many students attend Franklin Area JSHS?
Franklin Area JSHS enrolls approximately 942 students in grades 06-12.
Is Franklin Area JSHS an elementary, middle, or high school?
Franklin Area JSHS is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Franklin Area JSHS have?
Franklin Area JSHS employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Franklin Area JSHS?
Student demographics at Franklin Area JSHS are roughly 89% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Franklin Area JSHS in?
Franklin Area JSHS is part of Franklin Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.