Franklin Central School

As a modestly sized K-5 school in Franklin, Vermont, Franklin Central School hosts 143 students from grades pre-K through 6, overseen by Missisquoi Valley School District #89. By comparison, Vermont's public schools average about 213 students each, so Franklin Central School sits 33% leaner than that benchmark.

Missisquoi Valley School District #89 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,828 students. Franklin Central School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Franklin Central School logs that nearly all students (95%) are White; the rest comes out to 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Franklin County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.5:1, putting Franklin Central School higher than the state norm the norm. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Franklin County's rate of about 53%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate median household earnings sit near $81,313, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Franklin County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,007 students), Franklin Central School is one campus in the mix.

Sheldon Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.3 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

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