North Bluegrass News

There were 859 first grade students enrolled in Scott County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 17.5% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Western Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 130 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Western Elementary School	130	20%	649
Eastern Elementary School	112	23.1%	484
Creekside Elementary School	109	18.3%	595
Lemons Mill Elementary School	107	19.7%	544
Southern Elementary School	100	17.8%	561
Garth Elementary School	81	20%	406
Anne Mason Elementary School	80	18%	444
Northern Elementary School	70	14.6%	479
Stamping Ground Elementary School	70	16.9%	413