NW Kentucky News

There were 536 third grade students enrolled in Henderson County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.9% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Spottsville Elementary School welcomed most of the third grade students in the county, registering 104 students.

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

Statewide, Henderson County ranked 24th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 24th 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 3rd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Spottsville Elementary School	104	17.9%	581
Bend Gate Elementary School	77	16.4%	469
South Heights Elementary School	71	15.2%	468
Jefferson Elementary School	70	17%	411
East Heights Elementary School	69	18.1%	382
A. B. Chandler Elementary School	50	16.6%	302
Niagara Elementary School	50	17.4%	288
Cairo Elementary School	45	16.2%	278