East Pennyroyal News

There were 3,534 students enrolled in Marion County School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.6% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52% of them were boys, and 48% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, representing 78.3% of the district's total enrollment.

Marion County School District roughly covers eight schools within Marion County and has a main office in Lebanon.

Among the eight schools in Marion County School District, Marion County High School recorded the highest enrollment of 721 students in the 2022-23 school year.

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.

Data also shows that between 2019 and 2023, there was an increase of 260% in the number of available teaching posts in Kentucky schools. This often leads to larger class sizes, combining programs, and retaining staff despite potential negative impacts on teacher working conditions.

School Name	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Marion County High School	686	721	5.1%
Marion County Knight Academy	531	578	8.9%
Glasscock Elementary School	507	508	0.2%
Marion County Middle School	517	460	-12.4%
West Marion Elementary School	464	431	-7.7%
Lebanon Elementary School	384	399	3.9%
Calvary Elementary School	246	250	1.6%
Hugh C. Spalding Academy	257	187	-37.4%