Franklin Park Middle School
Salem, IL · Salem SD 111
Regular public school · Grades PK - 8 · Town, remote
321st of 685 Illinois middle schools statewide · better than 53%▼ Declining
1300 Bobcat Cir, Salem, IL 62881
(618)740-0963NCES ID 173516003680Directory 2023–24
SchoolRow ranks Franklin Park Middle School 321st of 685 Illinois middle schools for 2024–25, based on Illinois Report Card 2024–25 English and Math results — better than 53% of middle schools statewide. Its statewide percentile went from 79th in 2019 to 53th in 2025 — declining.
Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, Illinois Report Card 2024–25
Hispanic (last reported 2023) stops before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.
Hispanic (last reported 2023) and Two or more races (last reported 2023) stop before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.
Two or more races (last reported 2023) stops before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.
Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, by student race and ethnicity. Only groups IL reports for this school appear — small groups are suppressed at the source to protect student privacy, so a missing line means too few testers, not zero. Tap a group to compare it with the IL average for that same group.
Racial and ethnic breakdown of 559 students (2023–24, NCES) — history since 1988, with comparable seven-category changes from 2010
| Group | Trend | 2010 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 93.6% | 90.5% | ▼ 3.1 pts | |
| Two or more races | 4.2% | 5.0% | ▲ 0.8 pts | |
| Hispanic | 0.3% | 2.9% | ▲ 2.6 pts | |
| Black | 0.3% | 1.3% | ▲ 1.0 pts | |
| Asian | 1.2% | 0.4% | ▼ 0.8 pts |
NCES history for this school begins in 1988. Race categories changed by 2010: earlier data combines Asian and Pacific Islander students and does not consistently identify multiracial students. The chart retains that history, while the change table uses 2010 onward.
Typical home value $147K in zip 62881 as of 2026-05 · trend since 2016
Data Provided by Zillow Group
Closest same-level schools, with 2024–25 state rank · ▲▼ = points better or worse than Franklin Park Middle School
- #670Sandoval Jr High SchoolSandoval CUSD 501 · 9.6 mi away670th of 685
ELA 13% ▼52Compare - #620South Central Middle SchoolSouth Central CUD 401 · 10.6 mi away620th of 685
ELA 27% ▼38 · Math 15% ▼13Compare - #465Patoka Jr High SchoolPatoka CUSD 100 · 11.1 mi away465th of 685
ELA 36% ▼29Compare - #611Centralia Jr High SchoolCentralia SD 135 · 12.7 mi away611th of 685
ELA 35% ▼30 · Math 9% ▼19Compare - #630Zadok Casey Middle SchoolMount Vernon SD 80 · 22.4 mi away630th of 685
ELA 30% ▼35 · Math 10% ▼18Compare - #250Carlyle Junior High SchoolCarlyle CUSD 1 · 22.6 mi away250th of 685
ELA 70% ▲5 · Math 34% ▲6Compare - #447Brownstown Jr High SchoolBrownstown CUSD 201 · 24.4 mi away447th of 685
ELA 56% ▼9 · Math 19% ▼9Compare - #461Vandalia Junior High SchoolVandalia CUSD 203 · 24.6 mi away461st of 685
ELA 50% ▼15 · Math 23% ▼5Compare
What school district is Franklin Park Middle School in?
Franklin Park Middle School is part of the Salem SD 111 district in Salem, Illinois.
Is Franklin Park Middle School a good school?
SchoolRow ranks Franklin Park Middle School 321st of 685 Illinois middle schools (better than 53% statewide) based on 2024–25 test results (Illinois Report Card 2024–25).
What is the racial makeup of Franklin Park Middle School?
White 91%, Two or more races 5%, Hispanic 3%, Black 1% (559 students, 2023–24).
How much do homes near Franklin Park Middle School cost?
The typical home value in zip code 62881 is $147K as of 2026-05 (Zillow ZHVI).
Sources: state education department data (Illinois Report Card 2024–25, low-income, chronic absenteeism), National Center for Education Statistics via the Urban Institute (enrollment, demographics, staffing), Zillow Group (home values). Rankings are computed by SchoolRow from state English and Math results within grade level; they measure test performance, not everything that makes a school good.