Franklin-Simpson High School

Franklin-Simpson High School is a secondary school of mid-sized scale in Franklin, Kentucky, one of the schools within Simpson County, serveing 830 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 558 students each, so Franklin-Simpson High School sits 49% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in Simpson County (3,080 students total), Franklin-Simpson High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Franklin-Simpson High School lists that 74% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 10% Black, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Franklin-Simpson High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.1%, the actual is 37.3%, a residual of -5.8 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Simpson County) logs that median household earnings sit near $59,858, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Franklin-Simpson High School is one of 6 public schools in Simpson County (combined enrollment of about 3,080 students).

Nearest neighbor: Franklin-Simpson High School West Campus, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Franklin-Simpson High School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Franklin-Simpson High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 44.4%.

Franklin-Simpson High School operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 885 students in 2018 compared to 830 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 79% to 74%.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.