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Enrollment
1,292
High
STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN TOWNE CHS·NCES 420007700554
Franklin Towne CHS
5301 Tacony St Building 108, Philadelphia, PA 19137 · (215) 289-5000 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,292 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
75 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,289 students
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 | 340 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 333 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 331 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 288 | 22% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
70.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.1pp since 2023
Math
47.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.8% | 47.3% |
| 2023-24 | 83.9% | 54.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Towne CHS
Franklin Towne CHS's state test result (59.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Towne CHS this school | 1,292 | 99.8% | 59.9% |
| Pocono Mountain East High School Swiftwater | 1,242 | 99.8% | 62.4% |
| Hanover Area JSHS Hanover Township | 977 | 97.9% | 24.5% |
| Governor Mifflin SHS Shillington | 1,425 | 99.8% | 39.8% |
| Pocono Mountain West High School Pocono Summit | 1,501 | 99.8% | 46.8% |
| West Scranton High School Scranton | 1,404 | 99.4% | 35.6% |
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 Towne CHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #171 of 576 | #10 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #219 of 626 ▼ 91 | #7 of 67 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #154 of 626 ▼ 99 | #11 of 67 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,292 | #108 of 713 | #5 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #533 of 601 | #35 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #50 of 604 | #16 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #115 of 619 | #21 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.2% | #80 of 221 | #15 of 31 |
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
1,292
+63 (+5%) vs 2020
+183% since 2000-01, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 1,292 | 75 | 17.2:1 | 100% (1,289) |
| 2023-24 | 1,314 | 71 | 18.5:1 | 99% (1,307) |
| 2022-23 | 1,282 | 70 | 18.3:1 | 67% (858) |
| 2020-21 | 1,229 | 66 | 18.6:1 | 62% (766) |
| 2017-18 | 1,162 | 65 | 17.9:1 | 65% (761) |
| 2015-16 | 1,196 | 66 | 18.1:1 | 67% (802) |
| 2010-11 | 966 | 58 | 16.7:1 | 49% (470) |
| 2000-01 | 456 | 22 | 20.7:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Towne CHS.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (1,162 to 1,292); teachers up 15% (65 to 75).
About Franklin Towne CHS
Franklin Towne CHS is a high-enrollment high school based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. School enrollment was 1,292 students in 2024-25, in grades 9 through 12. The average among high schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 738 students; this school is 75% bigger than that.
Federal records list Franklin Towne CHS as its own district.
At Franklin Towne CHS, the largest share of students is White, at 46%. The next largest groups are 32% Hispanic, 17% Black, and 3% multiracial. The school's White share is 11 points above the 35% share among Philadelphia County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Franklin Towne CHS counts 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.2 students for each one. On average, high schools in Pennsylvania have 12.8:1, compared with 17.2:1 here. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Franklin Towne CHS is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of Pennsylvania public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Franklin Towne CHS is in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools: 59.9% actual against 34.8% predicted.
Philadelphia County has these Census figures: the median household income is $61,953, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 17% of people live in poverty. In all, Philadelphia County has 309 public schools and roughly 182,005 students.
Maritime Academy CS is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Franklin Towne CHS. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Franklin Towne CHS ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Franklin Towne CHS's enrollment grew from 1,229 in 2020-21 to 1,292 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.2:1.
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Philadelphia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,579,706
Census ACS
Median income
$61,953
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
309
182,005 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Towne CHSHow large is Franklin Towne CHS?
Franklin Towne CHS enrolls approximately 1,292 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Franklin Towne CHS serve?
Franklin Towne CHS serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin Towne CHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Towne CHS is approximately 17.2:1 (75 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Towne CHS?
At Franklin Towne CHS, the student body is approximately 46% White, 32% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Franklin Towne CHS public or private?
Franklin Towne CHS is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Franklin Towne CHS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.