Benjamin Franklin Junior High

As a high-enrollment 6-8 campus in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Benjamin Franklin Junior High caters to 757 students from grades 7 through 9, one of the schools within Stevens Point Area Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 99% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Benjamin Franklin Junior High is one of 17 schools operated by Stevens Point Area Public School District, a district that hosts 6,885 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Benjamin Franklin Junior High reports that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

On the income-and-resources front, Benjamin Franklin Junior High shows 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Benjamin Franklin Junior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.8%; this one delivers 55.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Portage County) records that median household earnings sit near $76,070, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Portage County's 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,217 students), Benjamin Franklin Junior High is one campus in the mix.

Preschool Options is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Benjamin Franklin Junior High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 54.8%.

Benjamin Franklin Junior High operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Benjamin Franklin Junior High's enrollment has decreased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 821 (now 757). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 83% to 71%.

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