North Bluegrass News

There were 795 fourth grade students enrolled in Scott County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 16.6% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Southern Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 108 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Southern Elementary School	108	19.3%	561
Lemons Mill Elementary School	102	18.8%	544
Northern Elementary School	101	21.1%	479
Western Elementary School	100	15.4%	649
Creekside Elementary School	99	16.6%	595
Stamping Ground Elementary School	79	19.1%	413
Anne Mason Elementary School	78	17.6%	444
Eastern Elementary School	68	14%	484
Garth Elementary School	60	14.8%	406