Franklin Community High School is a community high school based in Franklin, Indiana. It is a part of Franklin Community Schools.
It serves almost all of Franklin and a small section of Bargersville."SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Johnson County, IN." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on December 5, 2016.
About Franklin Community High School was established on February 8, 1871, in a building located at Water and Adams Streets. Its current facilities were built in 2007. As of the 2023–2024 school year, the school has an enrollment of 1,590 students.
Athletics The school's athletic teams are named the Grizzly Cubs and the school's colors are blue and white. The school offers 12 boys sports:
Cross Country Football Soccer Tennis Basketball Swimming and Diving Wrestling Baseball Golf Track and Field Volleyball Lacrosse
and 12 girls sports:
Softball Tennis Track and Field Volleyball Basketball Swimming and Diving Cross Country Golf Soccer Cheer Wrestling Lacrosse
Their teams compete in the Mid-State Conference of the Indiana High School Athletic Association.
Boys Basketball won the state championship in 1920, 1921 and 1922. Boys Golf won state in 1938. Boys Cross-Country won state in 2001.
The Franklin High School sports teams finished runner-up in state: 1912 and 1939 Boys Basketball, 1998 and 2022 Girls Basketball, 1974 Boys Golf, 1983 and 1997 Girls Golf, 2018 and 2019 Boys Swimming, 2019 Girls Swimming and 2014 Boy Wrestling.
Competitive Academics Franklin Community High School offers 7 competitive academic teams with 6 of those competing in competitions organized by the Indiana Association of School Principals, such as:
Social Studies English Science Mathematics Fine Arts Spelling
The school also offers an ethics bowl team that competes in an event organized by the Prindle Institute for Ethics, a Greencastle based ethics school.
In 2012, the program earned its first state championship, as the English team secured 3rd place at Area, an all-region competition, and won the state championship in English later in May.
Notable alumni Max Clark (baseball) (class of 2023), First round pick by the Tigers (3rd overall) in the 2023 draft, made his MLB debut on July 31, 2026 Michelle Davis, politician George Crowe (class of 1939), Indiana's first Mr. Basketball, professional baseball player. "Fuzzy" Vandivier was the leading scorer for the Franklin Wonder Five that won the Indiana State Basketball Championship three straight years, 1920–1922. Roger Branigin (class of 1919), was Indiana's 42nd governor.
See also List of high schools in Indiana
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