FRANKLIN H S

As a low-enrollment high school in FRANKLIN, Texas, FRANKLIN H S serves 448 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within FRANKLIN ISD. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 44% leaner than typical.

FRANKLIN ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,462 students; FRANKLIN H S is among them.

Looking at the student body, FRANKLIN H S reports that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 19% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Robertson County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, FRANKLIN H S has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting FRANKLIN H S tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Robertson County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FRANKLIN H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 56.4%; actual is 77.8%, +21.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Robertson County shows median household income runs about $72,236, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Robertson County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,408 students), FRANKLIN H S is one campus in the mix.

FRANKLIN MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, FRANKLIN H S comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 45.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 28%: 349 students in 2018 compared to 448 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 76% to 70% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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