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Enrollment
560
Middle
DISTRICT 758 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREEN BAY AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550582000623
Franklin Middle
1233 Lore Ln, Green Bay, WI 54303 · (920) 492-2670 · Brown County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL560 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
401 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 42%
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 | 182 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 191 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 187 | 33% |
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 54% · 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
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
24.6%
WI avg 53.1% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
16.7%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.6% | 16.7% |
| 2023-24 | 27.1% | 20.6% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. 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
24.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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
Franklin Middle's state test result (24.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Middle this school | 560 | 71.6% | 24.1% |
| Sherman Middle Madison | 400 | 60.0% | 32.1% |
| Washington Middle Manitowoc | 566 | 62.4% | 33.2% |
| Black Hawk Middle Madison | 300 | 70.3% | 26.9% |
| Franklin Middle Janesville | 486 | 66.5% | 34.4% |
| West Milwaukee Intermediate West Milwaukee | 378 | 76.7% | 33.3% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Brown County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #312 of 323 | #13 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #317 of 327 ▼ 2 | #13 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #317 of 327 ▼ 4 | #13 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 560 | #99 of 389 | #11 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #73 of 265 | #1 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.7% | #2 of 265 | #1 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.6% | #18 of 323 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #45 of 176 | #3 of 8 |
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
560
-202 (-27%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 856
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 560 | 46.5 | 12.0:1 | 72% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 591 | 47.9 | 12.3:1 | 72% (427) |
| 2022-23 | 659 | 59.2 | 11.1:1 | 75% (494) |
| 2020-21 | 762 | 60 | 12.7:1 | 82% (626) |
| 2017-18 | 694 | 56.8 | 12.2:1 | 71% (496) |
| 2015-16 | 714 | 57 | 12.5:1 | 78% (555) |
| 2010-11 | 687 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 74% (507) |
| 2000-01 | 860 | 62 | 13.9:1 | 34% (290) |
| 1990-91 | 856 | 66 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (694 to 560); teachers down 18% (56.8 to 46.5).
About Franklin Middle
In Green Bay, Wisconsin, Franklin Middle is a medium-sized middle school. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 560 students. Statewide, middle schools in Wisconsin average about 381 students each.
Green Bay Area Public School District has a total of 44 schools and 18,722 students, Franklin Middle among them.
Enrollment at Franklin Middle is mixed, with White students the largest group at 32%. The rest of enrollment is 29% Hispanic, 15% Black, 12% multiracial, and 10% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Brown County's population at about 79%. Franklin Middle has a diversity index of 77%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Franklin Middle in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.0:1. Among middle schools in Wisconsin, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. The lunch program counts 72% of students at Franklin Middle as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Brown County is 39%.
The allk12 Grade for Franklin Middle is F. Compared with Wisconsin public middle schools, the school scored higher than 3% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Franklin Middle lands between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.1%; the prediction is 33.7%.
Across Brown County, median household income is about $79,649, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Franklin Middle is among the 86 public schools in Brown County.
Of nearby public schools, Lincoln Elementary is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Franklin Middle comes in 8th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The number of students declined from 762 to 560 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Brown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
270,892
Census ACS
Median income
$79,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
42,385 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Green Bay Area Public School District
- Preble HighHigh · 2,149 students
- Edison MiddleMiddle · 1,121 students
- East HighHigh · 1,119 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,025 students
- Red Smith K-8Elementary · 924 students
- West HighHigh · 777 students
Other schools in Green Bay
- Preble HighHigh · 2,149 students
- Bay Port HighHigh · 1,966 students
- Edison MiddleMiddle · 1,121 students
- East HighHigh · 1,119 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,025 students
- Ashwaubenon HighHigh · 1,024 students
Other Franklin Middle schools
15 other US public schools in 13 states are named Franklin Middle. Franklin Middle is the 6th largest of the 16.
- Franklin MiddleJanesville, WI · 486 students
- Franklin MiddleReisterstown, MD · 1,150 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolYakima, WA · 848 students
- Franklin MiddleChantilly, VA · 798 students
- FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOLPOCATELLO, ID · 718 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary0.5 mi · 260
- Katherine Johnson Academy of Enriched Virtual Learning0.5 mi · 66
- Jackson Elementary0.7 mi · 382
- West High0.8 mi · 777
- Chappell Elementary0.8 mi · 384
- Beaumont Elementary0.9 mi · 220
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin MiddleHow many students attend Franklin Middle?
Franklin Middle enrolls approximately 560 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Franklin Middle serve?
Franklin Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Franklin Middle have?
Franklin Middle employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Franklin Middle?
Student demographics at Franklin Middle are roughly 32% White, 29% Hispanic, 15% Black, 10% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Franklin Middle?
Franklin Middle is overseen by Green Bay Area Public School District in Brown County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.