Summary:
ZIP code 45005, covering Franklin and Carlisle in Warren County, Ohio, has 11 schools serving roughly 4,275 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, split between two separate districts — Franklin City (6 schools, 2,602 students, 2 stars, 46th percentile) and Carlisle Local (4 schools, 1,546 students, 3 stars, 53rd percentile) — plus the career-technical WCCC @ Atrium (127 students). Both districts run full PK–12 pipelines, but Franklin divides its elementary years unusually thin, with a K-only building, a grades 1–2 building, a grade-2-only building, and a grades 3–5 building.
Carlisle's schools post the strongest results in the area. Carlisle Primary Elementary School is the top proficiency story, with 3rd grade math at 84.3% versus 62.1% statewide, and the lowest chronic absenteeism here at 10.6%. Carlisle High School has the highest graduation rate (97.4%), the leanest classes (12.2 students per teacher) and the area's best government and history scores, while Carlisle Junior High School reported 100% proficiency in Algebra I, likely reflecting a small advanced cohort. In Franklin City, Franklin High School is the turnaround story: English II rose from 52.8% to 73.0% and Algebra I from 39.1% to 62.4%, lifting it from 2 to 3 stars. Hunter Elementary School is the quiet over-performer, historically ranking as high as the 80th percentile despite its district.
Two weaknesses are shared. Geometry falls below the state mark in both districts — 39.5% at Franklin High School and 32.1% at Carlisle High School — the clearest cross-district gap. Chronic absenteeism is also high, averaging roughly 23% and ranging from 10.6% to 35.1%, and it rises with grade level in Carlisle. Note too that free/reduced-lunch data is blank for every Franklin City school, spending figures date to 2018-2019, and three Franklin elementaries serve only untested K–2 grades, so they have no current test scores.
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