North Bluegrass News

There were 600 12th grade students enrolled in Franklin County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Franklin County High School welcomed most of the 12th grade students in the county, registering 200 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 12th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Franklin County High School	200	19.2%	1,041
Western Hills High School	175	19.7%	887
William Cofield High School	94	66.7%	141
Frankfort High School	76	22.2%	342
Future Forward Education & Career Center	26	9%	290
Panther Transition Academy	15	39.5%	38
The Academy	14	9.4%	149