NW Kentucky News

There were 513 sixth grade students enrolled in Henderson County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.2% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Henderson County South Middle School welcomed most of the sixth grade students in the county, registering 252 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 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Henderson County South Middle School	252	32.3%	781
Henderson County North Middle School	247	31.3%	788
The Central Academy	14	2.7%	517