Franklin County School District (Florida)

Franklin County School District
School district headquarters (former Brown Elementary School)
Address
85 School Road, Suite 1 Eastpoint , Franklin County , Florida , 32328 United States
District information
Grades	PK–12 [1]
Schools	7 [1]
NCES District ID	1200570 [1]
District ID	FL-19
Students and staff
Students	1,226 (2020–21) [1]
Faculty	76.50 (FTE) [1]
Student–teacher ratio	16.03 [1]
Other information
Website	www.franklincountyschools.org

Franklin County School District is a public school district in Franklin County, Florida, United States.

It is the sole school district of the county. ^[2]

History

Circa 1966 the racial desegregation plan for the district was having racial integration done all at once. In April 1966 the board of trustees decided that it should move to a program where ^[3]

Curtis McLean became the superintendent in 1956 and resigned in 1966, with him leaving office on October 1. He cited difficulties in the federal government not accepting the school district's proposals on how to racially integrate the schools after years. ^[4]

In 2025 the school district leadership held meetings regarding the possibility of having students attend classes four days per week instead of five. ^[5]

Schools

Franklin County School

• Franklin County School (K-12)
• Apalachicola Bay Charter School (K-8)
  • In 2001 the school district board of trustees approved the application to establish the school. ^[6]
• Franklin County Learning Center
• Franklin District Virtual Course Program
• Franklin Virtual Franchise-Pace FLVS
• Franklin Virtual Instruction Program

source: ^[7]

Former schools ^[8]

• Brown Elementary School (Eastpoint)
• Chapman Elementary School (Apalachicola)
• Apalachicola High School
• Carrabelle High School

In 2007, prior to the opening of the consolidated K-12 school near Eastpoint, high school students had been consolidated in the Carrabelle school, which had grades K-12, while the previous school in Eastpoint had grades K-5 and the Apalachicola campus had grades K-8. ^[9]

References

1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for FRANKLIN". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved March 3, 2022.
2. Geography Division (December 23, 2020). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Franklin County, FL (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved July 31, 2022. - Text list
3. "Franklin Board Changes Desegregation Planning". Tallahassee Democrat . Tallahassee, Florida. April 26, 1966. p.  8 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Franklin County School Superintendent Resigns". The Tampa Tribune . Tampa, Florida. August 2, 1966. p.  2-B – via Newspapers.com.
5. Gause, Dekevion (April 30, 2025). "Franklin County considers switching to a four-day school week". WJHG . Retrieved July 27, 2025.
6. "First charter school approved". Tallahassee Democrat . Tallahassee, Florida. January 6, 2001. p.  3B – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Search for Public Schools - Search Results". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
8. "Our Schools". Franklin County School District. Archived from the original on April 12, 2002. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
9. Waters, TaMaryn (November 16, 2007). "Franklin County schools reformat". Tallahassee Democrat . Tallahassee, Florida. pp.  1A-2A – via Newspapers.com.