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Franklin, Virginia - 3 schools
An equity score of 69/100 ranks Franklin City Public Schools #27 of 131 districts in Virginia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,714 per pupil, Franklin City Public Schools ranks #17 of 131 Virginia districts by per-pupil spending (Virginia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,023
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$17,714
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Franklin City Public Schools operates 3 public schools serving 1,023 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Virginia. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Franklin City.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,714 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 131 Virginia districts by per-pupil spending. See how Virginia compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 28.0% local, 45.0% state, and 27.0% 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 69/100, ranked #27 of 131 in Virginia against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 200:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 46.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.6% African American, 13.0% White, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is S.P. Morton Elementary, enrolling 620 students (48% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Joseph P. King Jr. Middle, at 164 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
S.P. Morton Elementary accounts for 48.1% of all Franklin City Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Franklin City Public Schools a distant remainder — means Franklin City Public Schools-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 Public Schools school enrollment varies 3.8× across entities
Franklin City Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 164 students (lowest) to 620 students (highest), a spread of 456 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 Public Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 98.8% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Franklin City Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 200:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Franklin City Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 46.2% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
How many schools are in Franklin City Public Schools?
Franklin City Public Schools has 3 schools, including 2 combined, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 1,023 students.
How much does Franklin City Public Schools spend per student?
Franklin City Public Schools spends $17,714 per student. The district has an equity score of 69/100, ranking #27 in Virginia.
What is the demographic composition of Franklin City Public Schools?
Franklin City Public Schools students are 76.6% African American, 13.0% White, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Franklin City Public Schools?
Franklin City Public Schools has an equity score of 69/100, ranking #27 out of 131 districts in Virginia.