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Jackson County Education: Fewer students enrolled in Jackson County School District in 2022-23 school year

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​Robbie Fletcher, E​d.D.​Kentucky Commissioner of education | https://www.education.ky.gov/CommOfEd/Pages/KDE-Leadership-Team.aspx

​Robbie Fletcher, E​d.D.​Kentucky Commissioner of education | https://www.education.ky.gov/CommOfEd/Pages/KDE-Leadership-Team.aspx

The only school district in Jackson County suffered declining enrollment in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

There were 2,257 students in Jackson County School District, 1.4% lower than the year before.

Enrollment in Jackson County fell short of the state's trend of increasing enrollment.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.6% of them were boys, and 47.4% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 97.1% of Jackson County School District's total enrollment.

Jackson County School District has a main office in McKee and is the only school district within Jackson County.

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.

Enrollment in Jackson County Over 4 Years
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Enrollment in Jackson County School District Schools During 2022-23 School Year
SchoolTotal Enrollment in 2022-23Total Enrollment in 2021-22Total % Change
Jackson County High School5995931%
Tyner Elementary School5085070.2%
Jackson County Middle School447489-8.6%
McKee Elementary School4284221.4%
Sand Gap Elementary School2842791.8%
Barnabus Home High School262218.2%
Jackson County Schools Learning Center261573.3%
Barnabus Home Middle School611-45.5%

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