NW Kentucky News

There were 488 fifth grade students enrolled in Henderson County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.7% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Spottsville Elementary School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 84 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Spottsville Elementary School	84	14.5%	581
South Heights Elementary School	79	16.9%	468
Bend Gate Elementary School	68	14.5%	469
East Heights Elementary School	67	17.5%	382
A. B. Chandler Elementary School	56	18.5%	302
Niagara Elementary School	46	16%	288
Jefferson Elementary School	46	11.2%	411
Cairo Elementary School	42	15.1%	278