East Pennyroyal News

There were 233 kindergarten students enrolled in Marion County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 10% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Glasscock Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 66 students.

Within Marion County schools, the highest student population was found in 10th grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in preschool.

Statewide, Marion County ranked 53rd in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 53rd 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
Glasscock Elementary School	66	13%	508
West Marion Elementary School	65	15.1%	431
Lebanon Elementary School	62	15.5%	399
Calvary Elementary School	40	16%	250