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Enrollment
1,101
High
DISTRICT 820 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN REGIONAL SD·NCES 421023004360
Franklin Regional SHS
3200 School Rd, Murrysville, PA 15668 · (724) 327-5456 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,101 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- ATest 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
14.3:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
249 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 9 | 278 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 271 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 286 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 266 | 24% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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 Regional SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
80.6%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
70.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.6% | 70.1% |
| 2023-24 | 78.8% | 67.7% |
% 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
69.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Regional SHS
Franklin Regional SHS's state test result (69.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Regional SHS this school | 1,101 | 22.6% | 69.8% |
| Fox Chapel Area High School Pittsburgh | 1,360 | 22.6% | 89.8% |
| Penncrest High School Media | 1,255 | 20.7% | 77.1% |
| Southern Lehigh SHS Center Valley | 1,013 | 20.7% | 69.4% |
| Thomas Jefferson High School Jefferson Hills | 1,041 | 23.9% | 77.1% |
| Strath Haven High School Wallingford | 1,175 | 20.7% | 77.0% |
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 Regional SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #70 of 576 | #3 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #49 of 626 ▲ 1 | #2 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #61 of 626 ▲ 27 | #3 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,101 | #149 of 713 | #5 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #350 of 601 | #6 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.7% | #286 of 604 | #4 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.6% | #576 of 619 | #19 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #252 of 373 | #8 of 14 |
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
1,101
-18 (-2%) vs 2020
+44% since 1990-91, when it was 763
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 1,101 | 76.8 | 14.3:1 | 23% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 1,106 | 80.3 | 13.8:1 | 23% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 1,119 | 101 | 11.1:1 | 18% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 1,119 | 76 | 14.7:1 | 13% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 1,175 | 74.8 | 15.7:1 | 13% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 1,223 | 72 | 17.0:1 | 13% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 1,263 | 81 | 15.6:1 | 9% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 1,246 | 74 | 16.8:1 | 4% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 763 | 54 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Regional SHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,175 to 1,101); teachers up 3% (74.8 to 76.8).
About Franklin Regional SHS
Franklin Regional SHS is a mid-sized high school that serves part of Murrysville, Pennsylvania. Federal data show 1,101 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. High schools in Pennsylvania average about 738 students, which makes this school 49% bigger than average.
Franklin Regional SD has 4 schools and 3,280 students, and Franklin Regional SHS is one of those schools.
White students account for 82% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 8% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is higher, at 92%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 32, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 76.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.3:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 1.6 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 23%. The 53% average for public schools in Westmoreland County is 30 points higher.
Franklin Regional SHS earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 82% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Franklin Regional SHS posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 69.8%, compared with a predicted 67.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Westmoreland County, home to about 352,500 people, median household income comes to about $74,109, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 85 public schools in the county, enrolling about 41,302, Franklin Regional SHS among them.
Franklin Regional SHS's closest public school neighbor is Franklin Regional Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Franklin Regional SHS's average proficiency of 69.8% compares with 66.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Franklin Regional SHS had 1,119 students in 2020-21 and 1,101 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
The Franklin Regional SHS discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Westmoreland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,500
Census ACS
Median income
$74,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
85
41,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin Regional SD
- Franklin Regional Intermediate SchoolElementary · 789 students
- Franklin Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 771 students
- Franklin Regional Primary SchoolElementary · 619 students
Other schools in Murrysville
- Franklin Regional Intermediate SchoolElementary · 789 students
- Franklin Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 771 students
- Franklin Regional Primary SchoolElementary · 619 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin Regional Middle School0.2 mi · 771
- Franklin Regional Primary School1.7 mi · 619
- Franklin Regional Intermediate School1.8 mi · 789
- Level Green Elementary School3.3 mi · 269
- University Park Elementary School3.5 mi · 328
- Plum Middle School3.7 mi · 550
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Regional SHSHow many students attend Franklin Regional SHS?
Franklin Regional SHS enrolls approximately 1,101 students in grades 09-12.
Is Franklin Regional SHS an elementary, middle, or high school?
Franklin Regional SHS is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin Regional SHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Regional SHS is approximately 14.3:1 (77 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Regional SHS?
At Franklin Regional SHS, the student body is approximately 82% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Franklin Regional SHS public or private?
Franklin Regional SHS is a public K-12 school, overseen by Franklin Regional SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.