Franklin Middle

Summary:

Franklin Middle is a public middle school located in Janesville, Wisconsin, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 539 students. The school is part of the Janesville School District, which is ranked 260 out of 428 districts in Wisconsin and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. Over the past several years, Franklin Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Wisconsin middle schools, with a 1-star rating in the most recent school year.

Franklin Middle's academic performance, as measured by the Forward Exam, is significantly below the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts ranged from 35.44% to 35.95%, compared to the state average of 50.36% to 54.1%. Similarly, in Mathematics, the proficiency rates at Franklin Middle ranged from 30.82% to 32.26%, while the state average was 53.29% to 53.55%. Additionally, Franklin Middle has a high chronic absenteeism rate, which has been steadily increasing over the past few years, reaching 41.2% in the 2022-2023 school year, significantly higher than the state average.

When comparing Franklin Middle to other middle schools in the Janesville School District, it becomes clear that the school is underperforming. Both Marshall Middle and Edison Middle, which are located within a few miles of Franklin Middle, consistently outperform Franklin Middle on academic measures and have lower chronic absenteeism rates. The high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds and the increasing chronic absenteeism rate at Franklin Middle may be contributing to the school's academic struggles, and the school may need to implement targeted interventions and support to address these issues.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 450 N Crosby Ave
       Janesville, WI  53548-3340


(608) 743-6000

District: Janesville School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
539th of 641 Wisconsin Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,459 Help


Feeder schools for Franklin Middle:

Elementary:    Madison Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  11.1 Help
Number of students:  539

Racial breakdown:

White:
57.5%
Hispanic:
16.0%
African American:
12.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  67.5% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Franklin Middle ranks worse than 84.1% of middle schools in Wisconsin. It also ranks last among 3 ranked middle schools in the Janesville School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 21.59. (See more...)
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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 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 Franklin Middle has the smallest middle school student body size in the Janesville School District. Student population at Franklin Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (57.5%), Hispanic (16%), African American (12.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 67.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Janesville School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Franklin Middle is 11.1, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Janesville School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Franklin Middle is $12,459, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Janesville School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Franklin Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Franklin Middle 539th of 641 Wisconsin public middle schools. (See Franklin Middle in the ranking list.)

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Janesville School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Janesville School District 260th of 428 Wisconsin school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Franklin Middle

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Rank History for all students at Franklin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 48.80 227th 324 29.9%
2005 32.22 276th 332 16.9%
2006 45.86 282nd 382 26.2%
2007 43.00 278th 366 24.0%
2008 41.38 400th 519 22.9%
2009 43.54 398th 521 23.6%
2010 57.55 279th 539 48.2%
2011 49.28 373rd 549 32.1%
2012 37.43 460th 559 17.7%
2013 61.74 205th 569 64.0%
2014 53.94 312th 585 46.7%
2015 40.51 435th 612 28.9%
2016 43.34 380th 609 37.6%
2017 39.80 401st 612 34.5%
2018 42.71 374th 579 35.4%
2019 42.50 382nd 594 35.7%
2021 47.00 343rd 613 44.0%
2022 41.58 397th 617 35.7%
2023 28.24 488th 640 23.8%
2024 21.59 539th 641 15.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Franklin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.32 51st 96 46.9%
2019 33.36 74th 101 26.7%
2021 46.07 69th 129 46.5%
2022 35.86 89th 126 29.4%
2023 19.86 119th 132 9.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Franklin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.54 43rd 140 69.3%
2019 46.85 60th 153 60.8%
2021 38.74 91st 138 34.1%
2022 51.41 57th 158 63.9%
2023 26.74 155th 170 8.8%
2024 24.96 158th 173 8.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Franklin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.14 294th 417 29.5%
2019 27.55 331st 414 20.0%
2021 49.59 191st 437 56.3%
2022 41.76 235th 421 44.2%
2023 26.57 358th 439 18.5%
2024 24.65 351st 425 17.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Franklin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.69 262nd 489 46.4%
2019 47.50 247th 487 49.3%
2021 44.63 271st 499 45.7%
2022 45.53 285th 522 45.4%
2023 27.47 411th 525 21.7%
2024 20.44 454th 520 12.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Franklin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.99 329th 551 40.3%
2019 45.82 341st 557 38.8%
2021 51.27 296th 574 48.4%
2022 47.85 318th 576 44.8%
2023 17.39 489th 579 15.5%
2024 20.56 488th 580 15.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Franklin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.89 363rd 551 34.1%
2019 41.24 372nd 557 33.2%
2021 44.89 331st 572 42.1%
2022 37.86 381st 577 34.0%
2023 26.45 462nd 591 21.8%
2024 25.33 468th 585 20.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Franklin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.01 30th 123 75.6%
2019 59.72 37th 127 70.9%
2021 51.72 47th 134 64.9%
2023 29.86 100th 130 23.1%
2024 58.07 38th 118 67.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Franklin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.08 118th 204 42.2%
2019 44.68 119th 209 43.1%
2021 57.93 78th 225 65.3%
2022 66.60 52nd 221 76.5%
2023 33.57 150th 229 34.5%
2024 26.98 189th 239 20.9%
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Rank History for White students at Franklin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.96 256th 375 31.7%
2019 35.91 270th 382 29.3%
2021 47.96 203rd 393 48.3%
2022 37.45 272nd 397 31.5%
2023 24.99 330th 412 19.9%
2024 12.14 382nd 407 6.1%
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Data source: test scores: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Franklin Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 413 4 13 2 n/a n/a n/a 0 432
1989 626 5 14 2 n/a n/a n/a 0 647
1990 650 4 23 12 2 n/a n/a 0 691
1991 675 9 15 18 3 n/a n/a 0 720
1992 691 12 19 10 2 n/a n/a 0 734
1993 640 13 19 13 3 n/a n/a 0 688
1994 623 5 25 13 6 n/a n/a 0 672
1995 632 5 30 10 2 n/a n/a 0 679
1996 632 5 30 10 2 n/a n/a 0 679
1997 607 12 27 12 2 n/a n/a 0 660
1998 601 21 23 11 1 n/a n/a 0 657
1999 607 29 28 22 4 n/a n/a 0 690
2000 606 17 33 25 5 n/a n/a 0 686
2001 601 27 35 31 8 n/a n/a 0 702
2002 609 40 23 31 2 n/a n/a 0 705
2003 609 40 23 31 2 n/a n/a 0 705
2004 598 32 21 41 1 n/a n/a 0 693
2005 586 31 25 59 6 n/a n/a 0 707
2006 532 28 23 45 6 n/a n/a 0 634
2007 509 42 20 66 5 n/a n/a 0 642
2008 469 44 15 56 3 n/a n/a 0 587
2009 487 44 11 47 2 n/a n/a 0 591
2010 451 42 11 48 2 n/a n/a 0 554
2011 426 27 10 57 3 0 34 0 557
2012 441 26 8 75 3 0 28 0 581
2013 458 30 6 64 1 0 29 0 588
2014 435 34 3 72 3 0 21 0 568
2015 382 32 6 76 3 0 26 0 525
2016 394 39 12 75 2 2 37 0 561
2017 403 53 18 88 1 3 53 0 619
2018 427 52 19 77 3 3 57 0 638
2019 434 57 19 83 4 1 52 0 650
2020 448 48 21 87 4 0 57 0 665
2021 423 56 18 85 2 0 61 0 645
2022 365 55 13 92 3 0 66 0 594
2023 310 65 13 86 3 0 61 1 539

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 Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 432 38.0 11.3 12.3
1989 647 49.2 13.1 15.1
1990 691 54.3 12.7 12.9
1991 720 58.6 12.2 10.3
1992 734 59.8 12.2 10.5
1993 688 54.7 12.6 11.6
1994 672 52.7 12.8 12.1
1995 679 54.1 12.6 11
1996 679 54.1 12.6 11
1997 660 55.0 12.0 10.8
1998 657 53.0 12.4 10.8
1999 690 54.9 12.6 15.8
2000 686 57.0 12.0 17.5
2001 702 58.8 11.9 19.2
2002 705 57.5 12.3 30.8
2003 705 57.5 12.3 30.8
2004 693 59.1 11.7 35.4
2005 707 57.9 12.2 n/a
2006 634 57.2 11.1 n/a
2007 642 54.1 11.9 37.2
2008 587 49.0 12.0 41.4
2009 591 46.3 12.8 45.5
2010 554 42.3 13.0 54.3
2011 557 44.7 12.4 60
2012 581 44.5 13.0 62
2013 588 44.0 13.3 60.2
2014 568 45.3 12.5 59.7
2015 525 n/a n/a 59.6
2016 561 43.0 13.0 63.1
2017 619 45.1 13.7 60.3
2018 638 48.7 13.1 59.6
2019 650 50.8 12.7 58.6
2020 665 52.8 12.5 63.9
2021 645 51.2 12.5 69.3
2022 594 53.1 11.1 65.2
2023 539 48.2 11.1 67.5

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 Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 432 38.0 11.3 12.3
1989 647 49.2 13.1 15.1
1990 691 54.3 12.7 12.9
1991 720 58.6 12.2 10.3
1992 734 59.8 12.2 10.5
1993 688 54.7 12.6 11.6
1994 672 52.7 12.8 12.1
1995 679 54.1 12.6 11
1996 679 54.1 12.6 11
1997 660 55.0 12.0 10.8
1998 657 53.0 12.4 10.8
1999 690 54.9 12.6 15.8
2000 686 57.0 12.0 17.5
2001 702 58.8 11.9 19.2
2002 705 57.5 12.3 30.8
2003 705 57.5 12.3 30.8
2004 693 59.1 11.7 35.4
2005 707 57.9 12.2 n/a
2006 634 57.2 11.1 n/a
2007 642 54.1 11.9 37.2
2008 587 49.0 12.0 41.4
2009 591 46.3 12.8 45.5
2010 554 42.3 13.0 54.3
2011 557 44.7 12.4 60
2012 581 44.5 13.0 62
2013 588 44.0 13.3 60.2
2014 568 45.3 12.5 59.7
2015 525 n/a n/a 59.6
2016 561 43.0 13.0 63.1
2017 619 45.1 13.7 60.3
2018 638 48.7 13.1 59.6
2019 650 50.8 12.7 58.6
2020 665 52.8 12.5 63.9
2021 645 51.2 12.5 69.3
2022 594 53.1 11.1 65.2
2023 539 48.2 11.1 67.5

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 Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $444 (3.8%) $11,357 (96.2%) $11,801
2020 $462 (3.8%) $11,665 (96.2%) $12,128
2021 $506 (4.1%) $11,953 (95.9%) $12,459

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Franklin Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 382nd of 594 Middle schoolsRanks 488th of 640 Middle schools
 11.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Franklin Middle)50.323.1
 27.2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Janesville School District)40.635.6
 5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)41.740.6
 1.1%
6th Grade Mathematics (Franklin Middle)29.717.9
 11.8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Janesville School District)31.531
 0.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)43.542.6
 0.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Franklin Middle)40.426.6
 13.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Janesville School District)43.435.3
 8.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)45.541.1
 4.4%
7th Grade Mathematics (Franklin Middle)30.516.7
 13.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Janesville School District)31.830.5
 1.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)39.735.7
 4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Franklin Middle)32.531.2
 1.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Janesville School District)39.333.4
 5.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)37.337.8
 0.5%
8th Grade Mathematics (Franklin Middle)30.314.3
 16%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Janesville School District)31.222.3
 8.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)36.531.8
 4.7%
8th Grade Social Studies (Franklin Middle)48.254.2
 6%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Janesville School District)51.959.9
 8%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)52.159.2
 7.1%
8th Grade Science (Franklin Middle)50.340.5
 9.7%
   8th Grade Science (Janesville School District)54.345.5
 8.8%
   8th Grade Science (Wisconsin)54.649.4
 5.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students650539
 17.1%
African American5765
 14%
American Indian43
 25%
Asian1913
 31.6%
Hispanic8386
 3.6%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White434310
 28.6%
Two or More Races5261
 17.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients58.6%67.5%
 8.9%


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Students who attend Franklin Middle usually go on to attend Parker High

Students at Franklin Middle are 58% White, 16% Hispanic, 12% African American, 11% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 539 students attended Franklin Middle.

Franklin Middle ranks in the bottom 15.9% of Wisconsin middle schools.


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