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Enrollment
848
Middle
DISTRICT 813 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YAKIMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 531011001691
Franklin Middle School
410 S 19th Ave, Yakima, WA 98902 · (509) 573-2100 · Yakima County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL848 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
721 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 290 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 261 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 297 | 35% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
41.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -2.2pp since 2014
Math
18.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -10.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.1% | 18.6% |
| 2023-24 | 40.3% | 19.6% |
| 2022-23 | 41.4% | 21.1% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 14.3% |
| 2018-19 | 50.8% | 39.6% |
| 2017-18 | 50.6% | 40.5% |
| 2016-17 | 50.1% | 40.4% |
| 2015-16 | 41.7% | 31.2% |
| 2014-15 | 43.3% | 28.8% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Franklin Middle School
Franklin Middle School's state test result (29.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Middle School this school | 848 | 85.0% | 29.0% |
| Park Middle School KENNEWICK | 688 | 85.2% | N/A |
| McFarland Middle School Othello | 702 | 83.8% | N/A |
| Wapato Middle School Wapato | 737 | 88.6% | 15.0% |
| Lewis & Clark Middle School Yakima | 815 | 90.2% | 22.5% |
| Quincy Middle School QUINCY | 717 | 79.9% | 26.4% |
Matched among Washington middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Franklin Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #232 of 294 | #8 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #302 of 357 ▼ 8 | #9 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #235 of 357 ▼ 4 | #5 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #110 of 290 | #3 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 848 | #50 of 377 | #3 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #222 of 340 | #15 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.4% | #298 of 340 | #8 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.0% | #14 of 359 | #8 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #115 of 130 | #6 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
848
-57 (-6%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 905
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 20.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 848 | 42 | 20.2:1 | 85% (721) |
| 2023-24 | 850 | 46.3 | 18.4:1 | 86% (728) |
| 2022-23 | 895 | 46.8 | 19.1:1 | 82% (731) |
| 2020-21 | 905 | 45 | 20.1:1 | 80% (724) |
| 2017-18 | 836 | 40.6 | 20.6:1 | 76% (632) |
| 2015-16 | 859 | 41 | 20.9:1 | 86% (736) |
| 2010-11 | 836 | 39 | 21.4:1 | 80% (665) |
| 2000-01 | 818 | 44 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 905 | 42 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (836 to 848); teachers up 3% (40.6 to 42).
About Franklin Middle School
Franklin Middle School is the name of a mid-sized middle school in Yakima, Washington. The school counted 848 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 47% larger than the 577-student average for middle schools in Washington.
Federal data list 27 schools in Yakima School District, with 15,488 students enrolled.
About 77% of the student body at Franklin Middle School is Hispanic. Other students are 18% White. By comparison, Yakima County residents are about 52% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 37, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 20.2 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Washington, the average ratio is 18.9:1. Franklin Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 85%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 23.2%.
For Yakima County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $70,656 a year, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Franklin Middle School, Yakima County has 119 public schools.
Roosevelt Elementary School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Franklin Middle School's average proficiency of 29.0% compares with 31.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Franklin Middle School is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% decline, from 905 to 848.
The Franklin Middle School discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. You can also rate the school on this page.
Yakima County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
257,152
Census ACS
Median income
$70,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
119
52,145 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yakima School District
- Davis High SchoolHigh · 2,359 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 840 students
- Lewis & Clark Middle SchoolMiddle · 815 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 748 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
Other schools in Yakima
- Davis High SchoolHigh · 2,359 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,494 students
- West Valley Mid-Level CampusMiddle · 1,167 students
- East Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,064 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 840 students
Other Franklin Middle schools
15 other US public schools in 13 states are named Franklin Middle. Franklin Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 16.
- Franklin MiddleReisterstown, MD · 1,150 students
- Franklin MiddleChantilly, VA · 798 students
- FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOLPOCATELLO, ID · 718 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolChampaign, IL · 665 students
- Franklin MiddleGreen Bay, WI · 560 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.4 mi · 455
- Mckinley Elementary School0.5 mi · 403
- Mcclure Elementary School0.8 mi · 559
- Nob Hill Elementary School0.9 mi · 339
- Robertson Elementary0.9 mi · 473
- Davis High School0.9 mi · 2,359
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Middle SchoolHow large is Franklin Middle School?
Franklin Middle School enrolls approximately 848 students in grades 06-08.
Is Franklin Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Franklin Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Franklin Middle School have?
Franklin Middle School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Franklin Middle School?
Student demographics at Franklin Middle School are roughly 18% White, 77% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Franklin Middle School in?
Franklin Middle School is part of Yakima School District.
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