Franklin Central High School
Indianapolis, IN · High School · Grades 9-12
Franklin Central High School is a high school in Indianapolis, IN with 3,319 students enrolled and a 58% proficiency rate. Part of Franklin Township Com Sch Corp. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Franklin Central High School is a high school located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school serves 3,319 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 21.0:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 58% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 80% graduation rate.
46% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Franklin Central High School is part of the Franklin Township Com Sch Corp in Indiana. The school receives Title I federal funding.
How This School Compares
Franklin Central High School has 3,319 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Franklin Township Com Sch Corp (1,019 students). Its 58% proficiency rate is 6 percentage points above the district average of 52%. Compared to the Indiana state average of 49%, the school performs 10 points higher. The 21.0:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Franklin Central High School has 3,319 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 21.0:1.
According to EDFacts data, 58% of students at Franklin Central High School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Franklin Central High School has a 80% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Franklin Central High School is part of the Franklin Township Com Sch Corp in Indianapolis, Indiana. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.