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Polk State School and Hospital Administration Building, April 2013Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
Schools in Polk

Polk’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/4schools above Pennsylvania’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 96% of students in Pennsylvania’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
43%
2021–22
Math proficiency
24%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.0K
▼ 12% vs PA $21.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.8
PA 13.4
Schools in town
0
1,748 students on the public path
In brief

Polk’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Polk’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s 2,693 public schools. Sandycreek El Sch places highest (better than 52%); Central El Sch lowest (23%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Polk, graded from C− to B−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school: Franklin Area JSHS. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, 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 Polk, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC− to B−
6–12Franklin Area JSHSin FranklinC

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

The district

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

Franklin Area School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,748 students · 13.8 per teacher (PA 13.4)
$19,043PA $21,758 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading43%
State average 55.1% · 948 students tested
Math24%
State average 36.1% · 905 students tested

Polk vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Pennsylvania towns that share Polk’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Polk—Franklin Area
FrenchcreekCFranklin Area
Victory—Franklin Area
SandycreekCFranklin Area

All 3 neighbors share Franklin Area with Polk, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Polk

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

Also serving Polkin other towns
Sandycreek El Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Franklin
B−
282 students16:1Rate it →
Victory El Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Harrisville
C+
182 students9:1Rate it →
Central El Sch
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Franklin
C−
342 students10:1Rate it →
Franklin Area JSHS
High · Grades 6–12 · Franklin
C
942 students17:1Rate it →

Questions about Polk’s schools

Are Polk’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Polk. Franklin Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Polk. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Polk in?

Franklin Area School District.

Where do Polk kids go to high school?

Franklin Area JSHS.

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What Polk families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, 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.