Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

Franklin Middle, Thief River Falls, MN

Franklin Middle is a public middle school in Thief River Falls, part of Thief River Falls School District. It enrolled 454 students in 2024-25, with 18.2 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "FRANKLIN MIDDLE".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 454
Teachers (FTE): 25.0
Students per teacher: 18.2
Grades: 6 to 8

This school's ratio is 3.1 higher than the district figure of 15.1. The Minnesota average across schools is 15.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.2

District15.1

Minnesota15.2

United States15.3

School details

Address: 300 Spruce Ave S, Thief River Falls, MN 56701
Phone: (218)681-8813
District: Thief River Falls School District
County: Pennington County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Town: Remote
NCES school ID: 273885001674

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 143
Reduced-price lunch: 33
Free or reduced-price lunch: 17638.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 129Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.