Franklin High School

Summary:

Franklin High School is a public high school located in Livonia, Michigan, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,327 students. The school is part of the Livonia Public Schools School District, which is ranked 84 out of 610 districts in Michigan and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Franklin High School has a predominantly white student population, with 76.04% of students identifying as white in the 2022-2023 school year. This is significantly higher than the racial diversity of some nearby schools, such as Westfield Preparatory High School (0.6% white) and Lee M Thurston High School (10.76% white). Academically, Franklin High School's performance on standardized tests is generally on par with or slightly below the district and state averages, but the school has maintained a relatively high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 91.0% to 94.1% over the past five years.

However, Franklin High School has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 19.3% in 2019-2020 to 40.5% in 2021-2022, which is higher than the chronic absenteeism rates of nearby schools like Churchill High School (29.5%) and Garden City High School (38.5%). Additionally, the school's statewide ranking has declined over the past several years, from a high of 191 out of 799 Michigan high schools in 2013-2014 to 296 out of 743 in the 2023-2024 school year, suggesting that the school may be underperforming compared to other high schools in the state.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 31000 Joy Rd
       Livonia, MI  48150-3916


(734) 744-2655

District: Livonia Public Schools School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
296th of 743 Michigan High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,689 Help


Feeder schools for Franklin High School:

Elementary:    Cleveland Elementary School
    Grant Elementary School
    Hayes Elementary School
    Roosevelt Elementary School
Middle:    Cooper Upper Elementary School
    Emerson Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  20.4 Help
Number of students:  1,327

Racial breakdown:

White:
76.0%
African American:
9.3%
Hispanic:
7.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  40.5% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Franklin High School ranks better than 60.2% of high schools in Michigan. It also ranks last among 3 ranked high schools in the Livonia Public Schools School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 55.96. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Franklin High School freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (76%), African American (9.3%), Hispanic (7.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 40.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Franklin High School is 20.4. 3 high schools in the Livonia Public Schools School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Franklin High School is $15,689. 2 high schools in the Livonia Public Schools School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Franklin High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Franklin High School 296th of 743 Michigan public high schools. (See Franklin High School in the ranking list.)

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Livonia Public Schools School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Livonia Public Schools School District 84th of 610 Michigan school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Franklin High School

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Rank History for all students at Franklin High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 53.23 407th 705 42.3%
2007 69.45 262nd 767 65.8%
2008 78.55 158th 750 78.9%
2009 73.11 222nd 754 70.6%
2010 67.88 317th 765 58.6%
2011 65.09 346th 784 55.9%
2012 76.95 156th 773 79.8%
2013 73.76 196th 805 75.7%
2014 72.91 191st 799 76.1%
2015 65.95 287th 832 65.5%
2016 72.17 208th 852 75.6%
2017 64.84 258th 835 69.1%
2018 62.03 298th 824 63.8%
2019 64.81 216th 666 67.6%
2021 52.92 230th 561 59.0%
2022 54.05 272nd 531 48.8%
2023 59.07 275th 735 62.6%
2024 55.96 296th 743 60.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Franklin High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.15 31st 93 66.7%
2022 32.06 23rd 32 28.1%
2023 67.81 31st 110 71.8%
2024 19.66 91st 105 13.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Franklin High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.49 250th 315 20.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Franklin High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.42 273rd 755 63.8%
2019 77.91 84th 532 84.2%
2021 33.82 293rd 417 29.7%
2022 56.60 173rd 369 53.1%
2023 65.16 176th 614 71.3%
2024 51.34 289th 654 55.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Franklin High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.08 278th 710 60.8%
2019 53.88 252nd 554 54.5%
2021 51.76 208th 462 55.0%
2022 58.99 181st 416 56.5%
2023 55.32 255th 611 58.3%
2024 65.30 174th 619 71.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Franklin High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.26 299th 707 57.7%
2019 65.11 174th 543 68.0%
2021 43.52 258th 472 45.3%
2022 39.49 290th 440 34.1%
2023 52.81 270th 611 55.8%
2024 36.07 401st 633 36.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Franklin High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.54 81st 254 68.1%
2019 84.97 16th 147 89.1%
2024 49.40 77th 188 59.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Franklin High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.98 47th 201 76.6%
2021 62.55 21st 64 67.2%
2022 52.51 40th 83 51.8%
2023 72.50 41st 190 78.4%
2024 30.55 139th 195 28.7%
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Rank History for White students at Franklin High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.18 339th 708 52.1%
2019 54.88 258th 582 55.7%
2021 50.75 224th 516 56.6%
2022 50.26 243rd 492 50.6%
2023 54.17 265th 647 59.0%
2024 54.58 251st 638 60.7%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Reviews:
by a citizen on FaceBook
Sunday, February 5, 2012

Open Quote I have been a teacher for about 15 years and taught at Franklin from 2005-2009. I honestly believe that FHS is a true gem in the district. You will not find more caring, dedicated teachers or administration anywhere. The students are, for the most part (!), a very nice group of kids, especially for such a large school. You just have to watch that your kids run with the right crowds, but that is the case anywhere. For such a large school, FHS does a great job not letting your kids fall through the cracks. I would encourage any parent to check out Franklin. It really is a great place for your child to thrive. Get your kid involved in the academics and activities that interest him/her, and you (as a parent) shoulf take an active role in their interests, too! Stay involved and engaged, and everyone will survive the teen years. FHS is totally undeserving of the 'bad rap' it sometimes gets in LPS. It's a great place. Go Pats! Close Quote


by a parent
Thursday, August 13, 2009

Open Quote Franklin has been improving in all aspects since 1999 when Mr. Willenborg took over as Principal and I feel it's actually the best of all three public high schools in Livonia now. Our oldest child entered 9th grade in 1999 as did Mr. Willenborg and we watched the improvements over each of those four years that she was at Franklin. Our youngest is now entering 9th grade and we are very excited to see what the next four years will bring so please be assured that if you and your child get involved right from the beginning with Franklin and it's many offerings, you'll not be disappointed with the results! Close Quote



Enrollment information for Franklin High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1673 7 10 10 2 n/a n/a -6 1696
1989 1570 10 16 16 2 n/a n/a -9 1605
1990 1403 7 13 11 0 n/a n/a -3 1431
1991 1344 2 13 20 2 n/a n/a 0 1381
1992 1409 3 4 12 2 n/a n/a 0 1430
1993 1406 4 3 17 4 n/a n/a 0 1434
1994 1399 3 5 16 6 n/a n/a 0 1429
1995 1427 20 12 10 9 n/a n/a 0 1478
1996 1427 20 12 10 9 n/a n/a 0 1478
1997 1410 14 17 7 5 n/a n/a 0 1453
1998 1480 13 18 18 5 n/a n/a 0 1534
1999 1477 24 26 19 6 n/a n/a 0 1552
2000 1486 29 26 23 7 n/a n/a 0 1571
2001 1497 29 20 26 8 n/a n/a 0 1580
2002 1530 31 18 28 7 n/a n/a 0 1614
2003 1530 31 18 28 7 n/a n/a 0 1614
2004 1590 41 17 23 7 n/a n/a 0 1678
2005 1594 65 18 19 7 n/a n/a 0 1703
2006 1580 79 17 28 10 n/a n/a 2 1716
2007 1587 99 20 29 7 n/a n/a 7 1749
2008 1574 117 28 33 7 n/a n/a 8 1767
2009 1556 121 41 42 4 n/a n/a 15 1779
2010 1634 166 35 44 5 n/a n/a 21 1905
2011 1482 113 34 47 5 0 21 0 1702
2012 1488 137 37 56 6 0 76 0 1800
2013 1456 132 37 60 4 0 77 0 1766
2014 1418 129 35 71 5 0 67 0 1725
2015 1323 128 29 80 8 0 72 0 1640
2016 1208 138 24 85 7 0 67 0 1529
2017 1163 144 26 76 9 0 68 0 1486
2018 1127 139 33 83 8 0 64 0 1454
2019 1140 147 31 78 4 0 56 0 1456
2020 1117 137 29 88 5 0 54 0 1430
2021 1072 140 24 97 8 0 61 0 1402
2022 1027 124 23 110 7 0 63 0 1354
2023 1009 123 25 98 8 0 64 0 1327

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Franklin High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1696 n/a n/a n/a
1989 1605 n/a n/a 2.5
1990 1431 141.0 10.1 1.8
1991 1381 n/a n/a n/a
1992 1430 n/a n/a 2.7
1993 1434 n/a 0.0 4.3
1994 1429 65.2 21.9 3.1
1995 1478 64.2 23.0 3.2
1996 1478 64.2 23.0 3.2
1997 1453 67.0 21.7 2.9
1998 1534 71.0 21.6 3.8
1999 1552 74.0 21.0 4.6
2000 1571 78.0 20.1 5
2001 1580 79.3 19.9 6
2002 1614 78.5 20.6 9.2
2003 1614 78.5 20.6 9.2
2004 1678 81.4 20.6 10.7
2005 1703 84.1 20.2 12.4
2006 1716 82.7 20.7 14.3
2007 1749 91.3 19.2 12.9
2008 1767 98.1 18.0 18.9
2009 1779 95.8 18.6 22.8
2010 1905 94.5 20.1 29.5
2011 1702 96.1 17.7 28.6
2012 1800 91.3 19.7 31.1
2013 1766 84.9 20.8 35.1
2014 1725 84.4 20.4 31.7
2015 1640 79.0 20.7 32.7
2016 1529 73.0 20.9 31.5
2017 1486 74.6 19.9 31.4
2018 1454 71.1 20.4 36.4
2019 1456 73.3 19.8 39
2020 1430 72.9 19.6 35.8
2021 1402 71.3 19.6 39.1
2022 1354 67.2 20.1 34.5
2023 1327 65.0 20.4 40.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Franklin High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1696 n/a n/a n/a
1989 1605 n/a n/a 2.5
1990 1431 141.0 10.1 1.8
1991 1381 n/a n/a n/a
1992 1430 n/a n/a 2.7
1993 1434 n/a 0.0 4.3
1994 1429 65.2 21.9 3.1
1995 1478 64.2 23.0 3.2
1996 1478 64.2 23.0 3.2
1997 1453 67.0 21.7 2.9
1998 1534 71.0 21.6 3.8
1999 1552 74.0 21.0 4.6
2000 1571 78.0 20.1 5
2001 1580 79.3 19.9 6
2002 1614 78.5 20.6 9.2
2003 1614 78.5 20.6 9.2
2004 1678 81.4 20.6 10.7
2005 1703 84.1 20.2 12.4
2006 1716 82.7 20.7 14.3
2007 1749 91.3 19.2 12.9
2008 1767 98.1 18.0 18.9
2009 1779 95.8 18.6 22.8
2010 1905 94.5 20.1 29.5
2011 1702 96.1 17.7 28.6
2012 1800 91.3 19.7 31.1
2013 1766 84.9 20.8 35.1
2014 1725 84.4 20.4 31.7
2015 1640 79.0 20.7 32.7
2016 1529 73.0 20.9 31.5
2017 1486 74.6 19.9 31.4
2018 1454 71.1 20.4 36.4
2019 1456 73.3 19.8 39
2020 1430 72.9 19.6 35.8
2021 1402 71.3 19.6 39.1
2022 1354 67.2 20.1 34.5
2023 1327 65.0 20.4 40.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Franklin High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $570 (4.8%) $11,362 (95.2%) $11,932
2020 $522 (4.4%) $11,464 (95.6%) $11,986
2021 $571 (4.4%) $12,555 (95.6%) $13,126
2022 $856 (6.3%) $12,788 (93.7%) $13,644
2023 $898 (5.7%) $14,791 (94.3%) $15,689

Data source: Michigan Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Franklin High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 216th of 666 High schoolsRanks 275th of 735 High schools
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Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade Social Studies (Franklin High School)53.537.1
 16.4%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Livonia Public Schools School District)62.348.1
 14.2%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)46.636.1
 10.5%
11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Franklin High School)55.455.9
 0.5%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Livonia Public Schools School District)65.460
 5.4%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Michigan)55.352.2
 3.1%
11th Grade Mathematics (Franklin High School)41.234.2
 7%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Livonia Public Schools School District)51.244.7
 6.5%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Michigan)36.329.9
 6.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students14561327
 8.9%
African American147123
 16.3%
American Indian48
 100%
Asian3125
 19.4%
Hispanic7898
 25.6%
Pacific Islander00
White11401009
 11.5%
Two or More Races5664
 14.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients39%40.5%
 1.5%


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Franklin High School ranks 296th of 743 Michigan high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Franklin High School are 76% White, 9% African American, 7% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,327 students attended Franklin High School.


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