West Pennyroyal News

There were 100 second grade students enrolled in Metcalfe County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 14.9% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Metcalfe County Elementary School is the only school in the county that welcomed second grade students.

Within Metcalfe County schools, the highest student population was found in 10th grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in preschool.

Statewide, Metcalfe County ranked 103rd in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 103rd 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
Metcalfe County Elementary School	100	14.5%	691