North Bluegrass News

There were 632 eighth grade students enrolled in Franklin County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.2% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Elkhorn Middle School welcomed most of the eighth grade students in the county, registering 277 students.

Within Franklin County schools, the highest student population was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in preschool.

Statewide, Franklin County ranked 21st in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 21st the year before.

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	# of 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Elkhorn Middle School	277	34.8%	797
Bondurant Middle School	228	32.6%	699
Second Street School	69	11.2%	618
Future Forward Education & Career Center	29	10%	290
The Academy	24	16.1%	149
William Cofield High School	5	3.5%	141