Franklin Middle

As a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in Chantilly, Virginia, Franklin Middle serves 798 students from grades 7 through 8, run under Fairfax County Public Schools.

Fairfax County Public Schools runs 199 schools in total, collectively educating 179,323 students. Franklin Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Franklin Middle records that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 29% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Fairfax County's rate of about 37%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Franklin Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 82.3%; this one delivers 82.7%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Fairfax County shows the typical household earns roughly $153,637 per year, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Fairfax County runs 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), of which Franklin Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Oak Hill Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Franklin Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 81.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 10%: 882 students in 2018 compared to 798 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 49% to 42%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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