Summary
Franklin County Middle School is a grades 6–8 school in Brookville, Indiana, serving 385 students in the Franklin County Community School Corp in a rural corner of southeastern Indiana. Its most recent standing, for 2025–2026, is 305th of 486 Indiana middle schools — 37th percentile with 2 stars — which is below its district's overall 57th percentile, 3-star ranking. That is a slide from 2022–2023, when the school reached the 64th percentile with 3 stars, followed by 54th, 46th, and 37th percentile in the three years since.
Math is the clearest weakness. All-grades math proficiency was 22.34% in 2025–2026, below the district's 35.96% and lower than every nearby school with reported data: Union County Middle School (24.91%), Connersville Middle School (32.94%), Batesville Middle School (41.91%), and East Central Middle School (47.80%). The 8th grade math result of 11.41% is especially striking against the state's 34.2%. All-grades English/language arts proficiency was 34.88%, below the district's 37.58% and the lowest among nearby schools, though 7th grade ELA (42.65%) was slightly above the state average. Science came in at 29.63%, below the district's 36.88% and every nearby school reporting science scores.
Chronic absenteeism was 15.5% in 2024–2025 — better than Indiana's 16.7% and Connersville's 24.1%, but well above Union County (3.3%), Batesville (5.3%), and East Central (7.6%). Resources do not obviously explain the gaps: 49.87% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, similar to Union County and Connersville, and the school spends $11,889 per student — more than Batesville, Union County, and East Central — with a 15:1 student-teacher ratio. The bottom line: the school is underperforming its district and most nearby peers, with the biggest gaps in math, especially 8th grade, followed by science and 6th/8th grade ELA.
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