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267 10th grade students in Mercer County schools in 2022-23 school year

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KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education

KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education

There were 267 10th grade students enrolled in Mercer County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 14.1% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Mercer County Senior High School welcomed most of the 10th grade students in the county, registering 206 students.

Within Mercer County schools, the highest student population was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in 11th grade.

Statewide, Mercer County ranked 55th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 55th 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.

Mercer County Enrollment by Grade - Yearly Comparison
PreschoolKindergartenGrade 1Grade 2Grade 3Grade 4Grade 5Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8Grade 9Grade 10Grade 11Grade 1201002003004002022-23 school year2021-22 school year

10th Grade Enrollment in Mercer County Schools for 2022-23 School Year
School# of 10th Grade Students Enrolled% of Student BodyTotal Enrollment
Mercer County Senior High School20627%762
Burgin Independent School397.2%542
Mercer Central1521.4%70
Mercer County Day Treatment721.9%32

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