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Owsley County schools welcomed 132 preschool students 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 132 preschool students enrolled in Owsley County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 15.4% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Owsley County Elementary School is the only school in the county that welcomed preschool students.

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

Statewide, Owsley County ranked 117th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 117th 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.

Owsley County Enrollment by Grade - Yearly Comparison
PreschoolKindergartenGrade 1Grade 2Grade 3Grade 4Grade 5Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8Grade 9Grade 10Grade 11Grade 1201002002022-23 school year2021-22 school year

Preschool Enrollment in Owsley County Schools for 2022-23 School Year
School# of Preschool Students Enrolled% of Student BodyTotal Enrollment
Owsley County Elementary School13231%426

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