Best High Schools in Zip Code 40601

ZIP code 40601 has six high schools: three serve grades 9–12, two serve grades 6–12, and one serves grades 7–12. Among the three schools with reported high-school results, the area’s average across six subjects is 2 percentage points below the state average, but results vary sharply by subject and school. Graduation rates are strong at the three schools with figures—98% on average, compared with 94% statewide—while chronic absenteeism averages 31%, above the state’s 24%. The clearest overall academic standout is Franklin County High School.

Franklin County High School leads in five of six subjects and is above the state in five; its six-subject average is 43%, versus 36% at Western Hills High School and 33% at Frankfort High School. The biggest difference is writing: Franklin County scores 52%, Western Hills 51%, and Frankfort 21%, a 31-point range; Frankfort is also 26 points below the state in writing. Western Hills’ writing is a relative strength, but it trails the state in five other subjects. Frankfort’s profile is mixed: it leads in editing and mechanics at 44% and exceeds the state in reading, but its writing result is especially low. The Academy, William Cofield High School, and Panther Transition Academy have no available high-school test results for comparison.

Recent results differ by school and subject: Franklin County’s scores rose in four subjects from 2024–25 to 2025–26 but fell 7 points in math, while Western Hills declined in all six subjects with reported results. Frankfort’s reading rose 14 points, but writing fell 13. Separately, SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking percentile rose from 51 to 67 for Franklin County across the three reported years; Western Hills ended at 42, down 12 points from its first reported percentile, and Frankfort ended at 38, down 8. As context, the 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 52% at Franklin County, 48% at Western Hills, and 42% at Frankfort; student-teacher ratios were 18.2, 17.5, and 14.2, respectively. These figures describe differences between schools but do not explain their test results.