Summary:
Zip code 27525, covering the town of Franklinton, North Carolina, is home to a single high school, Franklinton High, which serves grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,127 students within the Franklin County Schools district. Because no other high school exists in this zip code, the analysis focuses entirely on this school and its performance relative to the district and the state.
Franklinton High stands out in several positive ways. The school graduates 92.8% of its students, exceeding the district rate of 90.6% and the state rate of 88.8% — a notable achievement given that 99.38% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Academically, the school shows particular strength in Math I, where 56.5% of students score proficient, surpassing the state average by 14.4 percentage points and improving by 12.2 points year-over-year. English II proficiency is also solid at 66.4%, above both district (62.2%) and state (64.6%) averages. Chronic absenteeism runs at 23.1%, slightly better than the district's 23.6% and the state's 24.2%. The school's statewide ranking has fluctuated, moving from the 38th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 50th percentile in 2024–2025, then settling at the 42nd percentile in 2025–2026.
Areas of concern remain, however. Math III proficiency sits at 57.0%, lagging the district average of 66.5% and the state average of 68.9% by double-digit margins, suggesting a drop-off as students progress to advanced math. Biology proficiency, at 48.7%, trails the state rate of 58.5%, though it did improve by 5.8 points from the prior year. The school's percentile ranking slipped from 50th to 42nd between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026 despite gains in Biology, English II, and Math I, indicating that other schools across North Carolina improved at an even faster pace. Overall, Franklinton High is a mid-performing school with encouraging momentum in key subjects and a graduation rate that outpaces state averages despite the economic challenges its student body faces.
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