About Us

The New Franklin R-1 School District covers over 100 square miles in southern Howard and northwestern Boone counties. The New Franklin area is rich in cultural history and is known as the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail. The current high school was constructed of native gray limestone and built by the citizens of New Franklin as a WPA project and completed in 1942. An elementary school was added in 1962 and a middle school addition in 1999. An elementary music/art and Ag shop were added in the early 2000's and a state of the art gymnasium added in 2017. All three schools are connected in a single campus.