Joseph P. King Jr. Middle

Joseph P. King Jr. Middle is a tiny intermediate school in Franklin, Virginia, operated by Franklin City Public Schools. The school teaches 155 students in grades 6 through 7. That puts it 79% leaner than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 750 students.

Joseph P. King Jr. Middle is one of 3 schools operated by Franklin City Public Schools, a district that caters to 1,279 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Joseph P. King Jr. Middle logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (84%). Other groups include 8% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

On the income-and-resources front, Joseph P. King Jr. Middle logs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 103% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, Franklin city reports that median household earnings sit near $63,245, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Franklin city's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,279 students), Joseph P. King Jr. Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: S.P. Morton Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Joseph P. King Jr. Middle.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 6-year window. Joseph P. King Jr. Middle's enrollment has shrank 36% since 2018, when it stood at 243 (now 155).

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