West Pennyroyal News

There were 348 first grade students enrolled in Grayson County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.3% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Clarkson Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 115 students.

Within Grayson County schools, the highest student population was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in preschool.

Statewide, Grayson County ranked 43rd in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 43rd 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Clarkson Elementary School	115	17.7%	649
Oran P. Lawler Elementary School	80	17.8%	449
H. W. Wilkey Elementary School	78	12.9%	604
Caneyville Elementary School	75	17%	441