Robbie Fletcher, Ed.D.Kentucky Commissioner of education | https://www.education.ky.gov/CommOfEd/Pages/KDE-Leadership-Team.aspx
Robbie Fletcher, Ed.D.Kentucky Commissioner of education | https://www.education.ky.gov/CommOfEd/Pages/KDE-Leadership-Team.aspx
Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.1% of them were boys, and 47.9% were girls.
Data also shows that most of the students were white, representing 93.7% of the district's total enrollment.
Laurel County School District roughly covers 18 schools within Laurel County and has a main office in London.
Among the 18 schools in Laurel County School District, North Laurel High School recorded the highest enrollment of 1,385 students in the 2022-23 school year.
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.
Data also shows that between 2019 and 2023, there was an increase of 260% in the number of available teaching posts in Kentucky schools. This often leads to larger class sizes, combining programs, and retaining staff despite potential negative impacts on teacher working conditions.
| School Name | Total Enrollment in 2021-22 | Total Enrollment in 2022-23 | % change |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Laurel High School | 1,471 | 1,385 | -6.2% |
| South Laurel High School | 1,275 | 1,222 | -4.3% |
| North Laurel Middle School | 1,144 | 1,089 | -5.1% |
| South Laurel Middle School | 1,114 | 1,057 | -5.4% |
| Hunter Hills Elementary School | 679 | 659 | -3% |
| London Elementary School | 592 | 603 | 1.9% |
| Bush Elementary School | 532 | 559 | 5.1% |
| Wyan-Pine Grove Elementary School | 490 | 471 | -4% |
| Colony Elementary School | 407 | 424 | 4.2% |
| Hazel Green Elementary School | 359 | 398 | 10.9% |
| Johnson Elementary School | 341 | 359 | 5.3% |
| Sublimity Elementary School | 346 | 351 | 1.4% |
| Camp Ground Elementary School | 347 | 345 | -0.6% |
| Keavy Elementary School | 318 | 318 | 0% |
| Cold Hill Elementary School | 321 | 297 | -8.1% |
| Laurel County Day Treatment | 173 | 222 | 28.3% |
| McDaniel Learning Center | 130 | 89 | -46.1% |
| Laurel County Schools Elearning Academy | 1 | 13 | 1200% |
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