Franklin Military Academy

Located at 701 North 37th Street, in Richmond, Virginia, Franklin Military Academy is a very small four-year high school that enrolls 335 students (grades 6 through 12), one of the schools within Richmond City Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 72% smaller than the state mean of about 1,213.

Richmond City Public Schools runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 20,962 students. Franklin Military Academy is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Franklin Military Academy lists that the most-represented group is Black (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 27% Hispanic, 19% White, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Franklin Military Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Franklin Military Academy ranks in the top 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 61.0%; Franklin Military Academy posts 86.9%, +25.9 points above that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Richmond city indicate the typical household earns roughly $64,587 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Richmond city runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,253 students), of which Franklin Military Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Chimborazo Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Franklin Military Academy at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 41.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Franklin Military Academy's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 367 (now 335). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 94% to 49%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 6.4:1 today.

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