SW Bluegrass News

There were 166 preschool students enrolled in Woodford County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 13.7% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Simmons Elementary School welcomed most of the preschool students in the county, registering 51 students.

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

Statewide, Woodford County ranked 48th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 48th 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 Preschool Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Simmons Elementary School	51	11.3%	451
Southside Elementary School	43	6.9%	624
Huntertown Elementary School	40	8.3%	483
Northside Elementary School	32	7.9%	406