Menifee County High School

Menifee County High School is a high school of compact scale in Frenchburg, Kentucky, run under Menifee County, hosting 376 students in grades 8 through 12. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 558 students each, so Menifee County High School sits 33% below that benchmark.

Menifee County comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 960 students; Menifee County High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Menifee County High School lists that nearly all students (96%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Menifee County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Menifee County High School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Menifee County High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Menifee County High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Menifee County) logs that median household earnings sit near $45,096, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Menifee County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 960 students), Menifee County High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Frenchburg Success Academy, around 1.2 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Menifee County High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Menifee County High School has increased 18%, going from 320 students in 2018 to 376 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

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