East Pennyroyal News

There were 3,468 students enrolled in Wayne County School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.9% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.8% of them were boys, and 47.2% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, representing 83.5% of the district's total enrollment.

Wayne County School District roughly covers eight schools within Wayne County and has a main office in Monticello.

Among the eight schools in Wayne County School District, Wayne County High School recorded the highest enrollment of 984 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
Wayne County High School	997	984	-1.3%
Wayne County Middle School	716	707	-1.3%
Monticello Elementary School	694	658	-5.5%
Bell Elementary School	458	505	10.3%
Walker Early Learning Center	408	432	5.9%
Lake Cumberland Youth Development Center	52	71	36.5%
Wayne County Learning Academy	61	61	0%
Otter Creek Academy	52	50	-4%