North Bluegrass News

There were 817 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Franklin County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 12.1% increase from the 729 Hispanic or Latino 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, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 9.9% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 15 schools in Franklin County, Franklin County High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 118 students, making up 11.3% 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 Hispanic or Latino Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Frankfort Early Learning Academy	2.8%	72
Second Street School	5.8%	618
Frankfort High School	6.1%	342
Panther Transition Academy	13.2%	38
The Academy	5.4%	149
Westridge Elementary School	5.4%	409
Bridgeport Elementary School	5.7%	440
Bondurant Middle School	7.9%	699
Early Learning Village	12%	424
Collins Lane	15%	555
Elkhorn Middle School	12.4%	797
Elkhorn Elementary School	15.6%	435
Franklin County High School	11.3%	1,041
Hearn Elementary School	13.8%	434
Peaks Mill Elementary School	7.7%	442
Western Hills High School	8.8%	887
William Cofield High School	11.3%	141
Future Forward Education & Career Center	12.4%	290