East Pennyroyal News

There were 833 second grade students enrolled in Pulaski County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 12.3% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Southern Elementary School welcomed most of the second grade students in the county, registering 136 students.

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

Statewide, Pulaski County ranked 12th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 12th 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 2nd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Southern Elementary School	136	18.7%	728
Hopkins Elementary School	116	16.2%	718
Oak Hill Elementary School	106	18.4%	576
Pulaski Elementary School	100	16.9%	591
Burnside Elementary School	73	14.9%	491
Eubank Elementary School	70	17.2%	408
Science Hill Elementary School	65	12.7%	510
Shopville Elementary School	62	16.2%	383
Northern Elementary School	57	14.4%	397
Nancy Elementary School	48	13.4%	358