North Bluegrass News

There were 713 fifth grade students enrolled in Scott County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.4% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Western Elementary School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 118 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Western Elementary School	118	18.2%	649
Southern Elementary School	88	15.7%	561
Creekside Elementary School	84	14.1%	595
Lemons Mill Elementary School	82	15.1%	544
Northern Elementary School	81	16.9%	479
Eastern Elementary School	73	15.1%	484
Garth Elementary School	67	16.5%	406
Anne Mason Elementary School	63	14.2%	444
Stamping Ground Elementary School	57	13.8%	413