Summary:
The city of Frankton, Indiana is home to two schools - Frankton Elementary School and Frankton Junior-Senior High School, both part of the Frankton-Lapel Community Schools district. While the elementary school serves grades K-6, the junior-senior high school covers grades 7-12, providing a comprehensive education for students in the area.
Frankton Junior-Senior High School stands out as a high-performing institution, boasting a strong 97.0% four-year graduation rate, significantly higher than the state average. The school ranks 119 out of 431 Indiana high schools and earns a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, placing it in the top 28% of high schools statewide. Its students excel in SAT evidence-based reading and writing, with 66.13% scoring proficient or better, outperforming both the district and state averages. However, the high school's math proficiency rates lag behind the district and state.
In contrast, Frankton Elementary School has a relatively low chronic absenteeism rate of 2.0%, better than the district's high school average of 15.2%. The school's 4th-grade ILEARN/English Language Arts proficiency rate of 43.16% is also higher than both the district and state averages. However, the elementary school's overall test scores are more mixed, with some grades performing below the district and state benchmarks. The significant difference in spending per student between the elementary school ($7,652) and the high school ($9,414) is noteworthy and may warrant further investigation.
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