Franklin LC

Franklin LC, a moderately sized high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overseen by Philadelphia City SD, enrolls 918 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 24% above typical.

Within Philadelphia City SD, which oversees 220 schools and 116,230 students, Franklin LC is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Franklin LC records that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 32% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 5% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Franklin LC higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 83% of students at Franklin LC qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Philadelphia County runs at roughly 95%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Franklin LC sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.9%; this one delivers 48.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Philadelphia County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,953 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Franklin LC is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).

Nearest neighbor: Science Leadership Academy, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Franklin LC comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 51.6%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Franklin LC's enrollment has edged up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 879 (now 918). Hispanic enrollment moved from 24% to 32% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 in 2025.

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