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Frankfort's Western Hills High School is a public school serving 769 students in grades 9-12.

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Western Hills is a high quality school with an excellent program. Both...
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87% of students at this school are White.

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Western Hills is a high quality school with an excellent program. Both athletic and academically.
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Posted February 19, 2008

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As a student I can see how people on the outside think that WHHS is a good school. The students are very intelligent and will continue to do good on CATs testing. However there are major problems within the school, as there are in every school. But at this school there is a major problem with smoking in the bathrooms. Something that has gotten worse over the last four years. It's extremely hard to perform your best when you can't go in the bathrooms without coming out smelling like smoke and see that nothing is being done to stop the problem. It makes you think less of the administration and what they are doing. At school there isn't a lot of school spirit and it's because of the lack of respect in the administration.
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Math

The state average for Math was 46% in 2011.

Reading

The state average for Reading was 66% in 2011.

Science

The state average for Science was 41% in 2011.

Social Studies

The state average for Social Studies was 41% in 2011.

Writing

The state average for Writing was 41% in 2011.

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In 2010-2011 Kentucky used the Kentucky Core Content Tests (KCCT) to assess students in grades 3 through 8 and 10 through 12 in reading, social studies, science, writing, and math. The Elementary School results displayed on GreatSchools profiles are for grades 3 through 5 combined for each subject. Middle School results are for grades 6 though 8 combined, and High School results are for grades 10 though 12 combined. The KCCT is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Kentucky.

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Source: Kentucky Department of Education

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Ethnicity	This school	State average
White	87%	82%
Black	6%	11%
Two or more races	3%	2%
Asian	2%	1%
Hispanic	2%	4%
American Indian/Alaska Native	0%	0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander	0%	0%

Source: NCES, 2010-2011

Student subgroups

	This school	District average	State average
Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program	37%	N/A	57%

Source: NCES, 2010-2011

Student-teacher ratio

	This school	District average	State average
Students per FTE teacher	17	N/A	16

Source: NCES, 2008-2009

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