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Enrollment
416
High
DISTRICT 379 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKFORT CUSD 168·NCES 174158004168
Frankfort Comm High School
601 E Main St, West Frankfort, IL 62896 · (618) 932-3126 · Franklin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Illinois public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
197 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 108 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 112 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 101 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 95 | 23% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Frankfort CUSD 168. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Frankfort Comm High School
Frankfort Comm High School's state test result (27.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfort Comm High School this school | 416 | 47.4% | 27.7% |
| Porta High School Petersburg | 411 | 47.0% | 31.2% |
| Mount Carmel High School Mount Carmel | 452 | 47.8% | 40.5% |
| Casey-Westfield Jr/Sr High School Casey | 361 | 46.3% | 38.5% |
| Carmi-White County High School Carmi | 419 | 49.4% | 38.3% |
| Vandalia Community High School Vandalia | 411 | 49.1% | 35.4% |
Matched among Illinois high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Frankfort Comm High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #381 of 573 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #365 of 708 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #51 of 528 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.0% | #436 of 537 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.4% | #321 of 578 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #98 of 358 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
416
-59 (-12%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 615
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 416 | 37.7 | 11.0:1 | 47% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 38.5 | 10.8:1 | 48% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 38 | 11.4:1 | 52% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 31.5 | 15.6:1 | 46% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 44% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 535 | 35 | 15.3:1 | 44% (236) |
| 2000-01 | 574 | 34 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 615 | 35 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frankfort Comm High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (491 to 416); teachers up 20% (31.5 to 37.7).
About Frankfort Comm High School
Frankfort Comm High School is a small high school with its address in West Frankfort, Illinois. The school reports 416 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Illinois is about 834 students.
Frankfort CUSD 168 serves 1,517 students across 4 schools.
White students make up 92% of enrollment at Frankfort Comm High School. Next come 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The White share in Franklin County as a whole is similar, at about 95%. The school's diversity index is 15%, meaning two students picked at random have a 15% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 11.0:1 comes from the school's 37.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 2.8 students per teacher below the 13.8:1 average for high schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 47% in 2024-25. The gap from the 57% average for public schools in Franklin County is 10 points.
allk12 grades Frankfort Comm High School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Frankfort Comm High School is 44.2%. It actually posts 27.7%, which is 16.4 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
Franklin County has about 37,323 residents, and the median household income is $56,740, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. In all, Franklin County has 25 public schools and roughly 5,523 students.
The shortest distance from Frankfort Comm High School to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to Frankfort Intermediate School. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Frankfort Comm High School ranks 7th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Remote.
Enrollment is down 12% from 2020-21, when Frankfort Comm High School had 475 students, to 2024-25, when it had 416.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,323
Census ACS
Median income
$56,740
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
5,523 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Frankfort CUSD 168
- Frankfort Intermediate SchoolElementary · 447 students
- Denning Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- Central Jr High SchoolMiddle · 215 students
Other schools in West Frankfort
- Frankfort Intermediate SchoolElementary · 447 students
- Denning Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- Central Jr High SchoolMiddle · 215 students
Nearby schools
- Frankfort Intermediate School0.8 mi · 447
- Central Jr High School0.9 mi · 215
- Denning Elementary School1.4 mi · 439
- Johnston City High School5.0 mi · 328
- Washington Middle School5.2 mi · 296
- Jefferson Elementary School5.3 mi · 270
Frequently asked questions
About Frankfort Comm High SchoolHow large is Frankfort Comm High School?
Frankfort Comm High School enrolls approximately 416 students in grades 09-12.
Is Frankfort Comm High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Frankfort Comm High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Frankfort Comm High School?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at Frankfort Comm High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Frankfort Comm High School?
At Frankfort Comm High School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Frankfort Comm High School public or private?
Frankfort Comm High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Frankfort CUSD 168.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.