High school (grades 9-12) · Turners Falls, MA

Franklin County Technical

Federal NCES profile for Franklin County Technical, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 37/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 250502000744
0/100100/10037/100
👥 S:T ratio
55
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
36
📋 Attendance
28
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Franklin County Technical earns 37/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Massachusetts median. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Massachusetts schools.

37
Resource Index · Typical
11.3:1
students per teacher
643
students enrolled

Franklin County Technical has class sizes near the Massachusetts median. Computed live against every Massachusetts school reporting to NCES.

CCD year-over-year · 2022-23 → 2023-24

+19 students YoY

Franklin County Technical held near 621 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (+19 headcount).

Teacher FTE held 57.6 → 57.5 across the same CCD years.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data public-school universe (2022-23, 2023-24).

Steady CCD campus

+19 students YoY 250502000744 · Turners Falls, MA High · MID · TRAD

643 enr · 11.3:1 · RII 37

Nearest enrollment peer: Oliver Wolcott Technical High School (643 students)

Franklin County Technical held near 621 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (+19 headcount). Teacher FTE held 57.6 → 57.5 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · Massachusetts schools → · Find another →

How Franklin County Technical compares

Franklin County Technical held steady on CCD headcount: ratios and free-lunch share vs Massachusetts and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Massachusetts Massachusetts avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 11.3:1 ▼ 8% 12.3:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 643 top 22% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

11.3:1
Leaner classes than 81% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
643
Bigger than 76% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators methodology

Staffing depth
11.3:1
students per teacher - 8% below state mean
Top 40% in Massachusetts - lower ratio than 60% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
28.8%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$27,008
per pupil, district-wide - above Massachusetts avg of $23,695
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors2.0 FTE
Per 322 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
4
in-school suspensions + 10 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.6 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 2.2 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 88.0%
Hispanic or Latino 6.9%
Two or More 2.8%
African American 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian 0.6%

Largest group: White at 88.0% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 22.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 22.0, Franklin County Technical is less mixed than the Massachusetts school average of 47.3.

Programs

AP courses offered 3

District finance for Franklin County Regional Vocational Technical reports $27,008 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

Nationwide high schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Frequently asked questions about Franklin County Technical

How many students attend Franklin County Technical?

Franklin County Technical has 643 students enrolled. It is a high school in Turners Falls, MA. CCD year-over-year: 602 (2022-23) → 621 (2023-24), nearly flat (+19).

What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin County Technical?

The student-teacher ratio at Franklin County Technical is 11.3:1, which is 8% lower than the Massachusetts average of 12.3:1 and 28% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Franklin County Technical?

The largest demographic group at Franklin County Technical is White at 88.0% of enrollment, in Turners Falls, MA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Franklin County Technical?

Franklin County Technical has a Resource Investment Index of 37/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

What other schools are in Franklin County Regional Vocational Technical?

None reported; Franklin County Regional Vocational Technical operates only Franklin County Technical as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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