Public schools in Frankfort, IN

Frankfort has 7 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, enrolling 4,125 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Community Schools of Frankfort runs 5 of them.

The 2 districts and agencies that run Frankfort's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in FrankfortDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Community Schools of Frankfort53,011$11,575
Clinton Prairie School Corporation21,193$11,936

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

2 high schools in Frankfort, 1,419 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Frankfort High School92214.447.1%Community Schools of Frankfort
Clinton Prairie Jr-Sr High School49712.339.2%Clinton Prairie School Corporation

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One middle school in Frankfort, 654 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Frankfort Middle School65416.447.2%Community Schools of Frankfort

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 elementary schools in Frankfort, 2,052 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Frankfort's public schools compare with Indiana's

The median Frankfort school has 15.8 students per full-time teacher, more than the Indiana median of 14.8. 71% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 43% across the state. Its median school enrolls 545 students (state 456).

Frankfort against Indiana, schools open in 2024-25 with students
FrankfortIndiana
Median students per teacher15.814.8
Median school size (students)545456
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)71%43%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)71%38%
Charter schools0%6.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 7 Frankfort schools and the 1,822 Indiana schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Frankfort

  1. Community Schools of FrankfortRuns 5 of Frankfort's 7 public schools and spent $11,575 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,575
  2. Frankfort High School, the largest high school in Frankfort922 students in 2024-25, 14.4 per teacher.922
  3. Compare Community Schools of Frankfort with Clinton Prairie School CorporationFrankfort's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in IndianaIndiana's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Frankfort addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Indiana

  1. Indianapolis219 schools
  2. Fort Wayne74 schools
  3. Evansville40 schools
  4. South Bend35 schools
  5. Elkhart29 schools
  6. Bloomington26 schools
  7. Lafayette24 schools
  8. Valparaiso23 schools

Questions about schools in Frankfort

  1. How many public schools are in Frankfort, IN?
    7 public schools with an address in Frankfort were open in 2024-25: 2 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, enrolling 4,125 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Frankfort?
    Frankfort High School, with 922 students in 2024-25 (Community Schools of Frankfort).
  3. Which districts run Frankfort's schools?
    Community Schools of Frankfort (5 schools), Clinton Prairie School Corporation (2 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25