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There were 895 kindergarten students enrolled in Laurel County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.9% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Hunter Hills Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 107 students.

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

Statewide, Laurel County ranked 14th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 14th 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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Hunter Hills Elementary School	107	16.2%	659
London Elementary School	102	16.9%	603
Bush Elementary School	99	17.7%	559
Wyan-Pine Grove Elementary School	93	19.7%	471
Hazel Green Elementary School	73	18.3%	398
Colony Elementary School	71	16.7%	424
East Bernstadt Elementary School	69	12.8%	538
Camp Ground Elementary School	64	18.6%	345
Johnson Elementary School	58	16.2%	359
Keavy Elementary School	56	17.6%	318
Sublimity Elementary School	52	14.8%	351
Cold Hill Elementary School	51	17.2%	297