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Franklin, Ohio - 7 schools
An equity score of 62/100 ranks Franklin City #155 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,983 per pupil, Franklin City ranks #155 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,556
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$16,983
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Franklin City operates 7 public schools serving 2,556 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 1 combined, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Warren County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,983 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 48.8% local, 32.8% state, and 18.4% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 62/100, ranked #155 of 806 in Ohio against a state average of 46, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 990.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.1% White, 4.8% African American, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is William C Schenck Elementary School, with a diversity index of 39.5/100.
Its largest campus is Franklin High School, enrolling 676 students (27% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is William C Schenck Elementary School, at 212 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Franklin High School accounts for 26.4% of all Franklin City student enrollment
That concentration means Franklin City-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Franklin City school enrollment varies 3.2× across entities
Franklin City school enrollment ranges from 212 students (lowest) to 676 students (highest), a spread of 464 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Franklin City student-counselor ratio is 991:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Franklin City chronic absenteeism rate is 19.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Franklin City is typically wider than the Franklin City-aggregate figure suggests.
Franklin City has 7 schools, including 1 combined, 1 middle, 5 elementary. Total enrollment is 2,556 students.
How much does Franklin City spend per student?
Franklin City spends $16,983 per student. The district has an equity score of 62/100, ranking #155 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Franklin City?
Franklin City students are 80.1% White, 4.8% African American, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Franklin City?
Franklin City has an equity score of 62/100, ranking #155 out of 806 districts in Ohio.