East Pennyroyal News

There were 844 10th grade students enrolled in Pulaski County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.7% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Southwestern High School welcomed most of the 10th grade students in the county, registering 332 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 10th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Southwestern High School	332	24.7%	1,345
Pulaski County High School	324	25.2%	1,288
Somerset High School	158	27.5%	575
Eagle Academy	30	26.8%	112