West Pennyroyal News

There were 296 10th grade students enrolled in Allen County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 21.3% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Allen County-Scottsville High School welcomed most of the 10th grade students in the county, registering 270 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 10th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Allen County-Scottsville High School	270	28.3%	953
Patriot Academy	26	13.2%	197