SW Bluegrass News

There were 154 preschool students enrolled in Garrard County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.8% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Lancaster Elementary School welcomed most of the preschool students in the county, registering 72 students.

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

Statewide, Garrard County ranked 68th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 68th 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
Lancaster Elementary School	72	13.7%	525
Camp Dick Robinson Elementary School	43	8.5%	506
Paint Lick Elementary School	39	11.4%	343