Summary:
ZIP code 53548 is home to a single middle school: Franklin Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 486 students as part of the Janesville School District in Janesville, Wisconsin. Because it is the only middle school in the ZIP code, there are no local peers to compare against; the useful benchmarks are the district and the state.
Franklin Middle is rated 1 star and ranked 535 of 643 schools in 2025–2026, placing it at the 17th percentile — roughly the bottom fifth of Wisconsin schools. That is consistent with prior years: 17th percentile in 2024–2025 (524 of 628) and 16th percentile in 2023–2024 (539 of 641). The district overall sits at the 41st percentile with 2 stars (257 of 432). Proficiency trails both the district and the state in every tested subject and grade, in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. A rough composite puts the school at about 35.1% proficient in 2025–2026, versus about 49.3% district and 55.5% state — roughly 20 points below the state. The weakest results are in math: 8th grade math fell 12.65 points year over year to 25.17%, which is 18.18 points below the district and 28.50 points below the state.
Bright spots exist: 6th grade ELA rose 11.16 points and 6th grade math rose 8.86 points, and ELA 7 improved 8.52 points. Chronic absenteeism is the biggest risk factor at 30.4%, well above the district's 22.0% and the state's 17.3%, while the dropout rate is 0.0%. Class sizes are relatively small (9.8 student-teacher ratio) and spending is $18,203 per student, with 66.46% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch. Overall, the school's rank has been flat at the 16th–17th percentile for three years.
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