North Bluegrass News

There were 742 second grade students enrolled in Scott County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.4% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Western Elementary School welcomed most of the second grade students in the county, registering 121 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 2nd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Western Elementary School	121	18.6%	649
Northern Elementary School	91	19%	479
Creekside Elementary School	87	14.6%	595
Lemons Mill Elementary School	83	15.3%	544
Southern Elementary School	82	14.6%	561
Stamping Ground Elementary School	73	17.7%	413
Eastern Elementary School	72	14.9%	484
Anne Mason Elementary School	70	15.8%	444
Garth Elementary School	63	15.5%	406