North Bluegrass News

There were 587 first grade students enrolled in Franklin County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 8.5% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Collins Lane welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 108 students.

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

Statewide, Franklin County ranked 21st in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 21st 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Collins Lane	108	19.5%	555
Peaks Mill Elementary School	101	22.9%	442
Elkhorn Elementary School	84	19.3%	435
Hearn Elementary School	83	19.1%	434
Westridge Elementary School	73	17.8%	409
Bridgeport Elementary School	70	15.9%	440
Second Street School	68	11%	618