East Pennyroyal News

There were 291 sixth grade students enrolled in Taylor County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 19.4% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Taylor County Middle School welcomed most of the sixth grade students in the county, registering 205 students.

Within Taylor County schools, the highest student population was found in seventh grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in preschool.

Statewide, Taylor County ranked 46th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 46th 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
Taylor County Middle School	205	31.3%	654
Campbellsville Middle School	83	25.3%	328
Campbellsville Eagle Academy	2	8%	25
Lakeview Academy	1	1.3%	78