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Schools in Franklin

Franklin’s public schools

Franklin Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Franklin. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 115% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
22%
2020–21
Math proficiency
12%
2020–21
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$23.1K
▲ 7% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.3
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
3
284 students on the public path
In brief

Franklin’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Franklin’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Franklin Elementary School places highest (better than 58%); Franklin Jr/Sr High School lowest (41%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Franklin, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–2Franklin East Grade SchoolFranklin Community Unit School District 1No scores
3–5Franklin Elementary SchoolFranklin Community Unit School District 1B
6–12Franklin Jr/Sr High SchoolFranklin Community Unit School District 1C+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Franklin Community Unit School District 1.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Franklin Community Unit School District 1Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 284 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 10.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$23,101IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading22%
State average 29.9% · 152 students tested
Math12%
State average 25.8% · 160 students tested

Franklin vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Franklin’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Franklin—Franklin Community Unit School District 1

Every school in Franklin

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Franklinby address
Franklin East Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–2
80 students14:1Rate it →
Franklin Elementary School
Elementary · Grades 3–5
B
47 students10:1Rate it →
Franklin Jr/Sr High School
High · Grades 6–12
C+
157 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Franklin’s schools

Are Franklin’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Franklin. Franklin Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Franklin. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Franklin in?

Franklin Community Unit School District 1.

Where do Franklin kids go to high school?

Franklin Jr/Sr High School.

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What Franklin families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.