Public schools in Franklin, TN

Franklin has 25 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 5 high, 6 middle, 14 elementary, enrolling 16,120 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Williamson County Schools runs 17 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 2 districts and agencies that run Franklin's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in FranklinDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Williamson County Schools1742,171$11,899
Franklin Special District83,190$18,909

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

5 high schools in Franklin, 4,852 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Franklin High School1,72916.7not reportedWilliamson County Schools
Fred J Page High School1,47817.0not reportedWilliamson County Schools
Centennial High School1,35415.5not reportedWilliamson County Schools
Renaissance High School17410.6not reportedWilliamson County Schools
Vanguard Virtual High School1174.5All free (CEP)Williamson County Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

6 middle schools in Franklin, 4,053 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Fred J Page Middle School1,38819.9not reportedWilliamson County Schools
Grassland Middle School79815.3not reportedWilliamson County Schools
Legacy Middle School55813.6not reportedWilliamson County Schools
Freedom Middle School51111.5not reportedFranklin Special District
Freedom Intermediate49111.2not reportedFranklin Special District
Poplar Grove 5-83079.0not reportedFranklin Special District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

14 elementary schools in Franklin, 7,215 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Creekside Elementary School78016.6not reportedWilliamson County Schools
Trinity Elementary73516.1not reportedWilliamson County Schools
Clovercroft Elementary School70316.8not reportedWilliamson County Schools
Pearre Creek Elementary School65815.3not reportedWilliamson County Schools
Winstead Elementary School56714.0not reportedWilliamson County Schools
Walnut Grove Elementary56014.5not reportedWilliamson County Schools
Oak View Elementary School51714.2not reportedWilliamson County Schools
Moore Elementary49612.2not reportedFranklin Special District
Hillsboro Elementary/ Middle School48210.9not reportedWilliamson County Schools
Liberty Elementary43511.6not reportedFranklin Special District
The other 4 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Hunters Bend Elementary36114.8not reportedWilliamson County Schools
Poplar Grove K-432410.6not reportedFranklin Special District
Franklin Elementary31810.6not reportedFranklin Special District
Johnson Elementary2798.5not reportedFranklin Special District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Franklin's public schools compare with Tennessee's

24% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 67% across the state. Its median school enrolls 517 students (state 469).

Franklin against Tennessee, schools open in 2024-25 with students
FranklinTennessee
Median students per teachernot reportednot reported
Median school size (students)517469
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)24%67%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)4.0%66%
Charter schools0%5.5%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 25 Franklin schools and the 1,804 Tennessee schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Franklin

  1. Williamson County SchoolsRuns 17 of Franklin's 25 public schools and spent $11,899 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,899
  2. Franklin High School, the largest high school in Franklin1,729 students in 2024-25, 16.7 per teacher.1,729
  3. Compare Williamson County Schools with Franklin Special DistrictFranklin's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in TennesseeTennessee's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Franklin addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Tennessee

  1. Memphis191 schools
  2. Nashville118 schools
  3. Knoxville80 schools
  4. Chattanooga48 schools
  5. Clarksville37 schools
  6. Murfreesboro32 schools
  7. Cleveland25 schools
  8. Jackson24 schools

Questions about schools in Franklin

  1. How many public schools are in Franklin, TN?
    25 public schools with an address in Franklin were open in 2024-25: 5 high, 6 middle, 14 elementary, enrolling 16,120 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Franklin?
    Franklin High School, with 1,729 students in 2024-25 (Williamson County Schools).
  3. Which districts run Franklin's schools?
    Williamson County Schools (17 schools), Franklin Special District (8 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .