Franklin Community Middle School

Franklin Community Middle School is a 726-student school serving grades 7–8 in Franklin, Indiana, a community about 20 miles south of Indianapolis, and it is the only middle campus in the Franklin Community School Corp. On the 2025–26 SchoolDigger rankings, Franklin Community Middle School places 151st of 486 Indiana schools — the 69th percentile, 3 stars — which puts it in the upper third of the state and 16 percentile points above its own district (53rd percentile). Its ranking has been remarkably steady, sitting at roughly the 68th–69th percentile for three straight years after a 4-star peak in 2022–23.

The school's academic profile is sharply split. English language arts is a genuine strength: 52.3% of students tested proficient, versus 47.75% district-wide, and 8th-grade ELA reached 58.62% — well above the state's 44.0%. Math is the clear weakness. Only 32.43% of students were proficient in math, below the district's 41.72% and below the state in both 7th and 8th grade, with 8th-grade math (30.46%) the lowest of all eight comparable nearby middle schools.

Comparisons with neighbors sharpen the picture. Center Grove Middle School Central and Center Grove Middle School North post math proficiency of 59–63%, while Indian Creek Middle School is the rare nearby school where math outperforms reading. Franklin spends more per student ($12,463) than nearly every school nearby and has a better-than-average student–teacher ratio, so neither money nor class size explains the math gap. One notable signal: students leave the district's 5–6 campus, Custer Baker Intermediate School, with math proficiency of 40.31%, then drop about 8 points by grades 7–8. Chronic absenteeism, at 13.6%, is better than the state average.