East Pennyroyal News

There were 268 first grade students enrolled in Marion County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.7% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Glasscock Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 90 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Glasscock Elementary School	90	17.7%	508
West Marion Elementary School	69	16%	431
Lebanon Elementary School	67	16.8%	399
Calvary Elementary School	42	16.8%	250