East Pennyroyal News

There were 234 sixth grade students enrolled in Marion County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.9% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Marion County Middle School welcomed most of the sixth grade students in the county, registering 228 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 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Marion County Middle School	228	49.6%	460
Hugh C. Spalding Academy	6	3.2%	187