North Bluegrass News

There were 22 American Indian or Alaska Native students enrolled in Franklin County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 8.3% decrease from the 24 American Indian or Alaska Native students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Franklin County welcomed a total of 8,213 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian or Alaska Native students comprised 0.3% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 15 schools in Franklin County, Western Hills High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian or Alaska Native students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of four students, making up 0.5% of the school's total student body.

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 name	% of American Indian or Alaska Native Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Frankfort Early Learning Academy	1.4%	72
Second Street School	0.2%	618
Frankfort High School	0.3%	342
Bridgeport Elementary School	0.5%	440
Bondurant Middle School	0.4%	699
Collins Lane	0.5%	555
Elkhorn Middle School	0.4%	797
Elkhorn Elementary School	0.5%	435
Franklin County High School	0.1%	1,041
Hearn Elementary School	0.2%	434
Western Hills High School	0.5%	887