North Bluegrass News

There were 208 fourth grade students enrolled in Harrison County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.7% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Eastside Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 62 students.

Within Harrison County schools, the highest student population was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in preschool.

Statewide, Harrison County ranked 64th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 64th the year before.

Despite escaping some of the pandemic's educational disruptions, Kentucky's achievement gaps have remained an issue since 2019. In the eighth-grade reading assessments, for example, Hispanic students scored eight points lower than their white peers, and the gap reached 15 points in math. Black students fared even worse, falling more than 20 points behind and facing a failure rate nearly double that of their white counterparts.

School	# of 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Eastside Elementary School	62	14%	444
Southside Elementary School	52	13.8%	378
Westside Elementary School	48	13.2%	365
Northside Elementary School	46	14.3%	322