NW Kentucky News

There were 1,429 first grade students enrolled in Daviess County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 11.9% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Newton Parrish Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 124 students.

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

Statewide, Daviess County ranked seventh in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked seventh 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Newton Parrish Elementary School	124	20.7%	599
Sutton Elementary School	110	18.9%	583
Southern Oaks Elementary School	101	20.2%	499
Tamarack Elementary School	100	16.6%	601
Estes Elementary School	100	19.6%	511
East View Elementary School	87	17.3%	503
F. T. Burns Elementary School	85	15.9%	535
Meadow Lands Elementary School	82	16.1%	509
Country Heights Elementary School	82	16.5%	496
Audubon Elementary School	76	18.1%	421
Deer Park Elementary School	75	14.3%	526
Highland Elementary School	71	14.1%	505
Whitesville Elementary School	71	18.3%	388
Foust Elementary School	71	15%	473
Cravens Elementary School	63	15.9%	396
Sorgho Elementary School	59	15.1%	391
West Louisville Elementary School	50	13.7%	365
Valley Elementary School	22	7.3%	301