North Bluegrass News

There were 725 kindergarten students enrolled in Scott County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 12.3% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Creekside Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 115 students.

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

Statewide, Scott County ranked 15th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 15th 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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Creekside Elementary School	115	19.3%	595
Lemons Mill Elementary School	94	17.3%	544
Southern Elementary School	89	15.9%	561
Anne Mason Elementary School	80	18%	444
Eastern Elementary School	79	16.3%	484
Western Elementary School	77	11.9%	649
Garth Elementary School	71	17.5%	406
Stamping Ground Elementary School	64	15.5%	413
Northern Elementary School	56	11.7%	479