NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Franklin Square, NY

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6 public K-12 schools in Franklin Square from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
5,173
Students
43.8/100
Avg Resource Index
12.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Franklin Square has more public-school enrollment than 57% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Franklin Square sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Franklin Square's 6 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 21-point gap between Valley Stream North High School and Polk Street School shows the range hidden by Franklin Square's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 43%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
64th percentile
Teacher staffing
86th percentile

H Frank Carey High School accounts for 31.8% of all Franklin Square public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Franklin Square-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Franklin Square school enrollment varies 4.0× across entities

Franklin Square school enrollment ranges from 410 students (lowest) to 1,644 students (highest), a spread of 1,234 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Franklin Square student-teacher ratio is 12.3:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Valley Stream North High School 53
2. H Frank Carey High School 47
3. John Street School 46
4. Willow Road School 44
5. Washington Street School 41
6. Polk Street School 32

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Franklin Square

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Valley Stream North High School 74.7/100
  2. 2 Willow Road School 74.3/100
  3. 3 Polk Street School 68.1/100
  4. 4 H Frank Carey High School 64.1/100
  5. 5 Washington Street School 62.6/100

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Which Franklin Square school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Valley Stream North High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Franklin Square schools in this federal-data comparison at 53/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Franklin Square, NY? ▼

Franklin Square has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,173 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.