Franklin Regional Intermediate Sch

Set in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, Franklin Regional Intermediate Sch is a sizable elementary campus, run under Franklin Regional SD. It hosts 789 students across grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 78% above typical.

Franklin Regional SD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 3,280 students. Franklin Regional Intermediate Sch is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Franklin Regional Intermediate Sch reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Other groups include 8% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Westmoreland County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Westmoreland County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Franklin Regional Intermediate Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.3%, the actual is 76.9%, a residual of +8.6 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Westmoreland County put median household earnings sit near $74,109, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Franklin Regional Intermediate Sch is one of 85 public schools in Westmoreland County (combined enrollment of about 41,302 students).

Franklin Regional Primary Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Franklin Regional Intermediate Sch ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 64.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Franklin Regional Intermediate Sch's enrollment has climbed 34% since 2018, when it stood at 589 (now 789). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 86% to 82%. Class-load math has rose: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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