NW Kentucky News

There were 337 fourth grade students enrolled in Muhlenberg County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Muhlenberg South Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 87 students.

Within Muhlenberg County schools, the highest student population was found in first grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in 11th grade.

Statewide, Muhlenberg County ranked 41st in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 41st 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Muhlenberg South Elementary School	87	14.3%	607
Greenville Elementary School	86	13.4%	640
Longest Elementary School	63	15%	421
Central City Elementary School	56	11.7%	478
Bremen Elementary School	45	11%	409