Western Hills High School

Western Hills High School is a mid-sized four-year high school in Frankfort, Kentucky, one of the schools within Franklin County. The school instructs 827 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 48% above the state mean of about 558.

Franklin County runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 6,199 students. Western Hills High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Western Hills High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Western Hills High School logs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 48% of students at Western Hills High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Franklin County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Western Hills High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.3%; this one delivers 37.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Franklin County) reports that median household earnings sit near $65,298, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Western Hills High School is one of 19 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 7,121 students).

Bondurant Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Western Hills High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.5%.

Western Hills High School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Western Hills High School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 811 (now 827). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 85% to 75%. Class-load math has fell: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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