Franklin Classical Middle School, located at 540 Cerritos Avenue in the North Long Beach area of Long Beach, CA 90802, serves students in grades 6–8. Enrollment is about 1,025 students with a student–teacher ratio near 23:1. The gender balance is roughly 52% male and 48% female. Based on the most recent statewide assessment reporting, about 20% of students are proficient in math, and around 40% are proficient in reading, shared directly with state data. The campus is a neighborhood public middle school in the Long Beach Unified School District that provides core academic instruction along with elective and enrichment opportunities typical of its traditional grade span. Attendance boundaries include several contiguous Long Beach elementary zones that funnel into this campus before students move on to high school placements. Housing in nearby North Long Beach often shows typical listing prices near $650,000, figures many local families weigh when aligning longer-term residence with school boundary access and community amenities. Franklin Classical Middle is part of the public middle schools in California, where placement patterns, urban context, and fundamental academic indicators collectively influence the perception of this institution in regional educational discourses.