Franklin Central Junior High
Indianapolis, IN · Middle School · Grades 7-8
Franklin Central Junior High is a middle school in Indianapolis, IN with 1,711 students enrolled and a 47% 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 Junior High is a middle school located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school serves 1,711 students in grades 7-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.4:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 47% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
51% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Franklin Central Junior High is part of the Franklin Township Com Sch Corp in Indiana. The school receives Title I federal funding.
How This School Compares
Franklin Central Junior High has 1,711 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Franklin Township Com Sch Corp (1,019 students). Its 47% proficiency rate is 5 percentage points below the district average of 52%. Compared to the Indiana state average of 49%, the school performs 2 points lower. The 20.4:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Franklin Central Junior High has 1,711 students enrolled in grades 7-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.4:1.
According to EDFacts data, 47% of students at Franklin Central Junior High meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Franklin Central Junior High 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.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.