North Bluegrass News

There were 831 students enrolled in Paris Independent School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 56.6% of them were boys, and 43.4% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, representing 55.1% of the district's total enrollment.

Paris Independent School District roughly covers four schools within Bourbon County and has a main office in Paris.

Among the four schools in Paris Independent School District, Paris Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of 338 students in the 2022-23 school year.

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.

Data also shows that between 2019 and 2023, there was an increase of 260% in the number of available teaching posts in Kentucky schools. This often leads to larger class sizes, combining programs, and retaining staff despite potential negative impacts on teacher working conditions.

School Name	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Paris Elementary School	361	338	-6.8%
Paris High School	248	234	-6%
Paris Middle School	161	170	5.6%
Paris Preschool Center	75	89	18.7%