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Best Public Schools in Franklin, WI


At a glance
8
Schools
4,666
Students
Top rankedRobinwood Elementary107th of 1,039 Wisconsin elementary schools
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Biggest riser
Robinwood Elementary up 108 spots statewide this year
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Smallest classes
Ben Franklin Elementary 13.3 students per teacher
SchoolDigger ratings
4★
1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)
Summary:

Franklin, Wisconsin has eight schools serving about 4,666 students — five elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools — all part of the Franklin Public School District. The district ranks #63 of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 85th percentile with 4 stars, and every regular Franklin school earned 4 stars in 2025–2026. Most regular-school test scores here exceed state proficiency values.

Robinwood Elementary is the top-ranked elementary, at #107 of 1,039 (90th percentile, 4 stars), with especially strong grade 4–5 math and social studies. Southwood Glen Elementary sits at the 85th percentile and has the lowest chronic absenteeism (5.2%) and lowest free/reduced lunch rate (15.14%) among regular schools, though its grade 5 math dipped to 58.21%. Country Dale Elementary ranks at the 82nd percentile on the lowest per-student spending ($12,402). Ben Franklin Elementary improved from 42nd percentile and 2 stars in 2023–2024 to 76th percentile and 4 stars in 2025–2026, but its ELA scores still trail district averages, and it has the highest elementary poverty indicator (25.97%) and spending ($15,281). Pleasant View Elementary slipped from the 85th to the 74th percentile, has the highest regular-school absenteeism (9.4%), and its grade 4 social studies score was slightly below the state value.

Forest Park Middle ranks #92 of 643 (86th percentile, 4 stars), with every listed grade-level score above the state, though chronic absenteeism is 8.8% versus the district's 7.6%. Franklin High, the largest school at 1,605 students, posts a 98.8% graduation rate, a 0.0% dropout rate, 7.0% chronic absenteeism, and ACT proficiency above state. The Milwaukee County Community Reintegration Center is a specialized setting of 31 students with a 33.3% graduation rate, 33.8% dropout rate, 66.7% chronic absenteeism and 90.32% free/reduced lunch, and no test-score data listed; it is best viewed separately.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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