Franklinville Junior-senior High School, Franklinville NY

Original Research by School Decision on Franklinville Junior-senior High School

Franklinville Junior-Senior High School, located on North Main Street in the village of Franklinville in Cattaraugus County, serves grades six through twelve for a small district covering five towns. The school enrollment is under four hundred students, with roughly equal distribution across the grade bands.

The academic picture is mixed. In math, sixth-grade students show solid performance, while seventh grade dips noticeably. Eighth grade recovers and shows stronger results. English language arts follows a similar pattern, with sixth grade near the middle range, seventh grade notably lower, and eighth grade bouncing back. Science proficiency in eighth grade falls between the two. Students tested at the school have shown participation rates near or at the state requirement. The overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places the school in the top quartile among districts in Cattaraugus County, though readers should note that county comparisons reflect a smaller reference group. A parent may want to look into what accounts for the seventh-grade dip in both subjects, and whether interventions or support changes are underway.

No state testing data is available for high school grades. Graduation rate information was not provided in the available data.

The student body is predominantly white, reflecting the village and surrounding rural character. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating family economic pressure in the area. The school does not report special population counts for students with IEPs or English learners, which may reflect the school's rural composition or a data-reporting gap; a parent seeking that information may ask the school directly.

Franklinville itself is a small rural village centered on a historic downtown around Park Square, a brick-paved village green with nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century commercial and civic buildings. The village anchors around the intersection of State Routes 16 and 98. A major long-term employer, the Ontario Knife Company, closed its factory in July 2023, affecting local employment; Great Lakes Cheese and the school district remain significant employers. The broader region offers regional employment around nearby Olean and Allegany.

The district undertook a major capital improvement project, revised to a multi-million-dollar plan focused on building modernization, safety upgrades including a secured entrance, new administrative and health offices, classroom and pool improvements, and new bus and student drop-off loops. That work was projected to begin around January 2025 and take roughly two years. The revised plan was stated to carry no net tax impact.

Program offerings listed are limited to visual arts. State testing data, civil-rights compliance information, attendance and discipline data, and staffing detail were not available. A parent considering this school would benefit from visiting the district website and speaking directly with school leadership about course breadth, career pathways, and support services for students.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=90%Cohort of 56 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,253 schools plotted. 14 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

New York Regents Exams

4 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Social Studies	46	87.0%
Ela	45	87.0%
Science	15	53.0%
Math	13	92.0%

Math

Grade 664%

School 64% · District 61% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 751%

School 51% · District 51%

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 883%

School 83% · District 71% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 46 pts above state median · ▲ 38 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 661%

School 61% · District 58% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 737%

School 37% · District 37%

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 861%

School 61% · District 54% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Science

Grade 866%

School 66% · District 56% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

This schoolFRANKLINVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income55%Higher-income67%12 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income27%Higher-income48%20 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income57%Higher-income65%8 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income55%Higher-income73%18 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income32%Higher-income71%40 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income89%Higher-income73%16 pp gap