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Western Hills High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
100 Doctors Dr
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone
(502) 875-8400
District
Franklin County
County
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
817
Classroom Teachers
45

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Kentucky

4

(10 is best)

Better than 30.7% of all KY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Western Hills High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

50 40 30 20 10 0
33%
40%
39%
45%
26%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
18
15
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 253 31.0%
Grade 10 224 27.4%
Grade 11 180 22.0%
Grade 12 159 19.5%
Total 817 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 82.1% 76.2% 76.7%
Black 4.7% 10.7% 11.5%
Hispanic 9.4% 10.6% 9.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.3% 2.3% 2.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.3% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 44.7% 58.4% 57.3%
Free lunch eligible 42.7% 55.3% 54.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.0% 3.0% 3.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 46,717 4,512,310
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 227.0 114
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.4% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.4% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.2% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.7% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 18.3% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 20,200 1,769,102
Single Parent Households With Children 10.7% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.1% 88.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 31.4% 26.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.6% 12.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.8% 15.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.2% 12.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.2% 17.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.3% 16.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.8% 13.6%
$15,000 or less 7.1% 11.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,890 $42,210,000 54.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $550 $3,368,000 4.3%
Staff $561 $3,438,000 4.4%
General Administration $300 $1,838,000 2.4%
School Administration $906 $5,549,000 7.1%
Operation $1,101 $6,745,000 8.7%
Transportation $780 $4,779,000 6.1%
Other $251 $1,535,000 2.0%
Total Support $4,449 $27,252,000 35.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,360 $8,333,000 10.7%
Total Expenditures $12,699 $77,795,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,206 $4,756,220,000 51.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $653 $431,000,000 4.7%
Staff $636 $419,649,000 4.6%
General Administration $271 $178,736,000 1.9%
School Administration $732 $482,815,000 5.3%
Operation $986 $650,768,000 7.1%
Transportation $576 $380,254,000 4.1%
Other $356 $235,292,000 2.6%
Total Support $4,210 $2,778,514,000 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,506 $1,654,224,000 18.0%
Total Expenditures $13,922 $9,188,958,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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