SW Bluegrass News

There were 364 first grade students enrolled in Boyle County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.3% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Mary G. Hogsett Primary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 134 students.

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

Statewide, Boyle County ranked 35th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 35th 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Mary G. Hogsett Primary School	134	33.1%	405
Woodlawn Elementary School	112	16.2%	690
Junction City Elementary School	67	15%	448
Perryville Elementary School	45	14.6%	309
Kentucky School for the Deaf	4	5.2%	77
Sunrise Academy	2	3.2%	62