Summary:
ZIP code 02038 covers Franklin, Massachusetts, and is served by two public high schools, both enrolling grades 9–12: Franklin High, part of the Franklin district, with 1,453 students, and Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical, part of the Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical district, with 1,000 students. Together they enroll 2,453 students, making Franklin High about 59% of the area's high school enrollment. Both rank above the state average, but they stand out in different ways.
Franklin High is the academic leader. In 2025–26 it ranked 62nd of 353 Massachusetts high schools — the 82nd percentile — and earned 4 stars, a level it has held for all three years of available rank history. Its 2025–26 MCAS Next Generation proficiency rates are tightly clustered and all above the state: 60.83% in ELA (+15.35 points), 61.41% in math (+17.68), 61.72% in science (+21.22), and 60.82% in Biology End of Course (+23.14). It also reports a 99.2% graduation rate and a 0.3% dropout rate, and it outperforms Tri-County in every available subject-by-subject comparison.
Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical stands out for momentum and completion. Its statewide rank climbed from 157th of 348 with 3 stars in 2023–24, to 132nd with 3 stars in 2024–25, to 99th of 353 with 4 stars in 2025–26 — a 58-place gain and a rise from the 55th to the 72nd percentile. It posts perfect completion outcomes: 100.0% graduation and 0.0% dropout. It also has a lower student-teacher ratio (11.6 versus 14.8) and higher per-student spending ($22,415 versus $13,572, about 65% more), though vocational programs often carry higher costs for equipment and smaller classes, and the spending figure is from 2020–21. Tri-County beats the state in most subjects, including 55.87% in ELA and 55.82% in science. Free/reduced lunch data is blank for both schools, so it is unknown rather than zero.
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