Franklin School of Opportunity - On Site

Franklin School of Opportunity - On Site is a small public school in Lakewood, OH, part of the Lakewood City district, serving 59 students in grades 7–12 near Cleveland.

Academically, Franklin shows an unusual split: it is a top performer among nearby schools in American Government (93.3), American History (90), English II (90), and Biology (80), all above the Lakewood City district and Ohio averages. But math is a severe weakness: Geometry is 7.1% proficient and Algebra I is 25%, far below the district’s 47.3% and 68.3% and the state’s 43.3% and 61.6%. Compared with Lakewood High School, Franklin has stronger humanities and Biology scores but much lower math. Bard Early College Cleveland has stronger math and a higher overall rank. Franklin’s overall rank is 340 of 795 (57th percentile, 3 stars), while its low-SES subgroup rank is 431 of 761 (43rd percentile, 2 stars), a gap of about 14 percentile points. With only 59 students, these percentages can swing widely from year to year.

Chronic absenteeism is the most urgent red flag: 72.8% of Franklin students are chronically absent, compared with 21.8% in the Lakewood City district and 37.5% at Lakewood High School. That rate is higher than the Cleveland Municipal district average of 54.3% and worse than most nearby schools. Franklin also does not report free/reduced lunch, student-teacher ratio, or graduation rate, so poverty, class size, and graduation cannot be compared; Lakewood High School reports a 98.2% graduation rate. Franklin has only one year of rank history, so no trend can be established. Overall, Franklin is a small, mid-upper-ranked school with distinctive strengths in social studies, English, and Biology, a severe math deficit, and exceptionally high chronic absenteeism.