Frankfort Middle School

Frankfort Middle School is a grades 6–8 school serving 654 students in Frankfort, Indiana, part of the Community Schools of Frankfort. It ranked 274th of 486 Indiana middle schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 44th percentile with 2 stars — a meaningful climb from the 17th percentile and 1 star in 2018–2019, though recent years have been fairly steady at 40th–44th percentile. The district ranks 248th of 374 districts statewide (34th percentile, 2 stars), so the school is performing somewhat above its district average.

Academically, 2025–2026 ILEARN proficiency was 37.87% in English Language Arts, 24.96% in Math, and 32.20% in Science. ELA is the bright spot: it rose from 27.71% in 2023–2024 to 37.87%, and 7th-grade ELA (41.15%) is nearly at the state average of 41.7%. Math is the clearest concern. It slipped from 28.82% to 24.96% over the same period, is the lowest among nearby comparison schools, and sits well below the district average of 33.25%. Grade-level Math is weak across the board — 26.21% in 6th grade, 22.01% in 7th, and 26.80% in 8th, all below state averages of 40.2%, 35.9%, and 34.2%. Science also trails every nearby school with reported data.

Frankfort serves a higher-poverty population (53.06% free/reduced lunch) than several higher-performing neighbors, spends $9,636 per student, and has a 16.3 student-to-teacher ratio. Nearby, East Tipp Middle School (91st percentile, 5 stars) spends almost the same per student ($9,635) but has far lower poverty; Sheridan Middle School has higher poverty (60.37%) yet outperforms Frankfort in ELA and Science with a much smaller ratio (11.0). Others — Western Middle School, Wainwright Middle School, Lebanon Middle School, and Carroll Junior High School — mostly rank higher. Frankfort's reported 0.0% chronic absenteeism in 2024–2025, down from 18.0%, is a striking outlier worth verifying.