West Pennyroyal News

There were 250 second grade students enrolled in Allen County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 18.5% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Allen County Primary Center welcomed most of the second grade students in the county, registering 244 students.

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

Statewide, Allen County ranked 60th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 60th 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
Allen County Primary Center	244	22.8%	1,072
Patriot Academy	6	3%	197