The top reported proficiency rate is 26% in English language arts. The lowest is 0% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Franklin Middle School
Franklin Middle School is a very small regular public school serving sixth through eighth grade in Franklin, Nebraska, a rural county seat in the south-central part of the state. It is part of Franklin Public Schools, the only school district in Franklin County believe. The school sits at the far southern edge of the town, just north of the Republican River on M Street, in a compact community where civic life runs along a traditional grid with a downtown commercial strip.
This is a school where a student’s peers are almost entirely white; the student body of roughly a few dozen is overwhelmingly white, with a small number of Hispanic and Black students. The school reports no data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, nor on students with disabilities or English learners, so a parent cannot assess the economic or special-education profile from public records alone.
State assessment results are available only for eighth grade. In English language arts, eighth graders demonstrated a strong showing, with most students scoring proficient. In math, a smaller but still solid majority met the state standard. Science results show no eighth grader reached proficiency, though with so few test-takers, a single student’s performance drives the entire score; families whose children struggle in science may want to follow up directly with the school to understand the curriculum and available support. The state did not report proficiency rates for sixth or seventh grade in any subject, likely because the number of students tested fell below the threshold for disclosure regularly. That pattern means the academic picture of the school is largely built on a single grade level.
A history of trends is not possible here, because the only assessment data on record comes from the most recent school year. There is no multi-year trajectory to describe.
The housing market in Franklin is affordable relative to the rest of the state and the nation. Home values have risen notably in the past year, but the typical home remains well below state and national medians. The town’s population has been declining slowly over the past several years, a pattern that often leads to shrinking school enrollment and can affect budget pressures and course offerings over time.
The district brief turned up no recent changes — no bond measures, no boundary adjustments, no program launches or closures — that would meaningfully shift a family’s decision. What a parent sees is what the school has been.
Extracurricular offerings, teaching staff qualifications, and discipline data were not available from the records reviewed. The school’s website would be the next step for those details calendar, for any after-school activities, and for a direct conversation about how the school supports the small group of students it serves.
Franklin Middle School fits a family looking for a very small, rural, predominantly white school environment where the academic picture in eighth grade is clear in English and decent in math, but where broader data gaps mean a close conversation with the principal is the only way to get the full story. The community is quiet, compact, and slowly shrinking, and housing costs are low.
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