NW Kentucky News

There were 153 kindergarten students enrolled in Webster County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 25.4% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Sebree Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 51 students.

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

Statewide, Webster County ranked 79th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 79th 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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Sebree Elementary School	51	12.2%	419
Dixon Elementary School	40	12.5%	319
Providence Elementary School	35	10.8%	323
Clay Elementary School	27	12.6%	214