Elkhorn Middle School

As a medium-sized middle school in Frankfort, Kentucky, Elkhorn Middle School teaches 725 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Franklin County. Enrollment runs roughly 30% above the state mean of about 558.

Within Franklin County, which oversees 14 schools and 6,199 students, Elkhorn Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Elkhorn Middle School reports that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 14% Hispanic, 12% Black, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 59% of students at Elkhorn Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Elkhorn Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.1%; this one delivers 37.3%.

Around the school, census data for Franklin County shows median household earnings sit near $65,298, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Franklin County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,121 students), Elkhorn Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Franklin County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Elkhorn Middle School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Elkhorn Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 38.3%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Elkhorn Middle School's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 776 (now 725). White enrollment moved from 71% to 62% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.