Franklin Regional MS

Franklin Regional MS is one of the moderately sized junior highs in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Franklin Regional SD, with 771 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 30% bigger than the state mean of about 594.

Across the 4 schools in Franklin Regional SD (3,280 students total), Franklin Regional MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Franklin Regional MS records that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 9% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 19% of students at Franklin Regional MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Westmoreland County's rate of about 53%.

After controlling for student poverty, Franklin Regional MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.5%; this one delivers 65.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Westmoreland County put the typical household earns roughly $74,109 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Westmoreland County's 85 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,302 students), Franklin Regional MS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Franklin Regional SHS, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Franklin Regional MS ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 66.7%.

Franklin Regional MS operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 834 students in 2018 compared to 771 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 87% to 80% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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