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415 kindergarten students in Perry County schools 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 415 kindergarten students enrolled in Perry County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 9.2% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

West Perry Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 100 students.

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

Statewide, Perry County ranked 33rd in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 33rd 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.

Perry County Enrollment by Grade - Yearly Comparison
PreschoolKindergartenGrade 1Grade 2Grade 3Grade 4Grade 5Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8Grade 9Grade 10Grade 11Grade 1201002003004005002022-23 school year2021-22 school year

Kindergarten Enrollment in Perry County Schools for 2022-23 School Year
School# of Kindergarten Students Enrolled% of Student BodyTotal Enrollment
West Perry Elementary School10011.8%851
Roy G. Eversole Elementary School9920.5%483
East Perry County Elementary School709.8%715
Robert W. Combs Elementary School4811.5%418
Robinson Elementary School3010.2%295
Viper Elementary School2911.2%259
Buckhorn School257%357
Leatherwood Elementary School1311.9%109
Perry County Alternative School14.8%21

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