Franklin Middle School
817 N Harris Ave, Champaign, IL, 61820-2898 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Franklin Middle School
School Level Middle school
Grades Offered Grades 6 - 8
County Champaign County, IL
Students & Faculty
Total Students 606 students
% Male / % Female 57%  /  43%
Total Classroom Teachers 44 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 6 - 224 students
Grade 7 - 212 students
Grade 8 - 170 students
This School
(IL) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:14 1:16
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(IL) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian 9% 3%
% Hispanic 4% 10%
% Black 52% 14%
% White 35% 71%
Additional Student Information
This School
(IL) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 52% 25%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 6% 5%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(IL) Statewide Testing Performance
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School District:
School District Name Champaign Community Unit 4 School District
This School's Agency
(IL) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 18 4
Number of Students Managed 9,248 students 1,412 students
District Total Revenue $84,410,000 $12,388,000
District Expenditure $88,473,000 $12,239,000
District Revenue / Student $9,127 $8,773
District Expenditure / Student $9,567 $8,668
In the News:
  • Bingo Books. (WCIA 3 Champaign-Urbana)
    posted on November 19, 2009 at 02:15:43 am
    A Champaign School is turning reading into a game.
  • Urbana Middle principal to retire at end of school year (The Champaign News-Gazette)
    posted on November 11, 2009 at 01:11:11 pm
    URBANA – After spending 36 years as either a teacher or school administrator, Urbana Middle School Principal Nancy Clinton is ready to spend her days at her own speed, rather than the fast, intense pace of a middle school principal.
  • Grants help teachers enrich lessons with equipment (The Champaign News-Gazette)
    posted on October 5, 2009 at 12:09:32 pm
    CHAMPAIGN – Countrell Singleton stood at the edge of a stream in Meadowbrook Park last week, holding a yardstick with a temperature probe fastened to the end. He put the probe into the water, and his eighth-grade science teacher, Whitney Stewart, recorded the water temperature: 17.6 degrees Celsius, slightly warmer than the air temperature in the shade of a nearby tree, but not as warm as the ...
  • Jefferson students working hard to make honor society (The Champaign News-Gazette)
    posted on September 22, 2009 at 12:39:32 pm
    CHAMPAIGN – A group of several dozen Jefferson Middle School students will be the first from the school inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. This is the inaugural year for the school's chapter of the organization. Franklin Middle School inducted its first group of students into the National Junior Honor Society in the spring of 2007, the first Champaign middle school to have a chapter.
  • Champaign district seeking properties near four schools (The Champaign News-Gazette)
    posted on August 18, 2009 at 12:38:57 pm
    CHAMPAIGN – Officials from the Champaign school district assured some residents around Garden Hills Elementary School on Monday night that although the district wants their land, it will not use eminent domain to get it. The pledge was made at the monthly meeting of the Garden Hills Neighborhood Association where the proposed addition to the 52-year-old school was discussed.
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (61820)
School Zip (61820)
(IL) State Average
Population (Approximate) 33,624 people 12,207,380 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 50% 24%
Population Average Age 22 years old 33 years old
Average Household size 2.1 persons 2.6 persons
Median Household Income $19,591 $46,557
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 4.1 rooms 5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 41 years old 49 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (61820)


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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 26% / 74% 62% / 38%
School Map:
1. R E A D Y Middle School - n/a - 0.4 mi. away - view location
2. R E A D Y High School - 84 students - 0.8 mi. away - view location
3. Edison Middle School - 688 students - 1.0 mi. away - view location
4. Jefferson Middle School - 708 students - 2.0 mi. away - view location
5. Urbana Middle School - 1000 students - 2.9 mi. away - view location
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