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Franklin High School
5405 Se Woodward St, Portland, OR, 97206-2199 -  Map
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School Overview:
Definition of Terms Franklin High School
School Level High school
Grades Offered Grades PK - 12
County Multnomah County, OR
Students & Faculty
Total Students 1395 students
% Male / % Female 52%  /  48%
Total Classroom Teachers 62 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 9 - 288 students
Grade 10 - 414 students
Grade 11 - 331 students
Grade 12 - 362 students
This School (OR) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:23 1:20
Students by Ethnicity
This School (OR) School Average
% American Indian 3% 3%
% Asian 15% 4%
% Hispanic 10% 16%
% Black 7% 3%
% White 66% 73%
Additional Student Information
This School (OR) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 35% 38%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 8% 9%
% Migrant Students Enrolled 1% 4%
School Performance:
(OR) Statewide Testing Performance
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School District:
School District Name Portland 1j School District
This School's Agency (OR) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 98 3
Number of Students Managed 46,806 students 779 students
District Total Revenue $524,337,000 $7,303,000
District Expenditure $470,489,000 $7,728,000
District Revenue / Student $11,202 $7,259
District Expenditure / Student $10,052 $8,009
District Graduation Rates 63% 91%
School Notes:
  • Benjamin Franklin High School is a public high school located in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is known for its musical arts program, which contains a beginning strings and woodwinds group, a string ensemble, a Jazz Band, and an Orchestra, all taught, and led by Mr. "Jimmy" Sours. There is also a Choral Program led part time by Mr. Ludtke.
  • The School contains two statues of Benjamin Franklin, the man who the school is named after. One was hand carved by a local artist in the 1970s, the other made of stone near the Franklin Bowl. The Franklin Bowl was once named the forth best place in Oregon to have a sports game.
  • Recently there has been some controversy over lanyards that Dr. Hopson requires the students to wear, members of Portland, Oregon's local news came with cameras, whether they made an article about it or not is unknown. Most students stopped wearing aforementioned lanyards two weeks after the policy was instituted.
  • Franklin's mascot is the Fighting Quakers. The school colors are maroon and gray. For Pep Assemblies each class has a different color, as follows:
  • Freshman: White, Sophomore: Black, Junior: Gray, Senior: Maroon.
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School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (97206)
School Zip (97206) (OR) State Average
Population (Approximate) 45,132 people 3,360,404 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 24% 26%
Population Average Age 35 years old 36 years old
Average Household size 2.5 persons 2.4 persons
Median Household Income $38,040 $42,595
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5 rooms 5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 57 years old 36 years old
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