North Bluegrass News

The majority of students in Franklin County schools were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of the 8,124 students attending Franklin County schools, 72.2% were white. African American students were the second most represented ethnicity, making up 11%.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Franklin County schools, representing 70.1% of the student body.

Frankfort High School had the most diverse student body in the county, which included African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, multiracial, and white.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in schools in the county increased by 3.4% compared to the previous year.

Despite escaping some of the pandemic's educational disruptions, Kentucky's achievement gaps have remained an issue since 2019. In the eighth-grade reading assessments, for example, Hispanic students scored eight points lower than their white peers, and the gap reached 15 points in math. Black students fared even worse, falling more than 20 points behind and facing a failure rate nearly double that of their white counterparts.

School	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Elkhorn Middle School	White	70.4%	840
Bondurant Middle School	White	78.3%	742
Second Street School	White	68.7%	633
Collins Lane	White	70.9%	570
Hearn Elementary School	White	64.8%	540
Elkhorn Elementary School	White	58.5%	528
Bridgeport Elementary School	White	78%	486
Westridge Elementary School	White	82.6%	461
Early Learning Village	White	64.4%	388
Frankfort High School	White	281.5%	259
The Academy	White	66.9%	118
Frankfort Early Learning Academy	White	1142.4%	66
Panther Transition Academy	White	50%	32
Paducah Area Technology Center	White	100%	5
Campbell County Area Technology Center	White	100%	4
Garrard County Area Technology Center	African American	66.7%	3
Breathitt County Area Technology Center	White	100%	2
Letcher County Area Technology Center	White	100%	2
Madison County Area Technology Center	White	100%	2
Pulaski County Area Technology Center	White	100%	2
Trailblazer Academy	White	100%	1
Marion County Area Technology Center	White	100%	1
Nelson County Area Technology Center	White	100%	1
Ohio County Area Technology Center	White	100%	1