NW Kentucky News

There were 1,279 third grade students enrolled in Daviess County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.4% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Newton Parrish Elementary School welcomed most of the third grade students in the county, registering 104 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 3rd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Newton Parrish Elementary School	104	17.4%	599
Tamarack Elementary School	93	15.5%	601
Deer Park Elementary School	88	16.7%	526
Sutton Elementary School	87	14.9%	583
East View Elementary School	86	17.1%	503
Estes Elementary School	79	15.5%	511
F. T. Burns Elementary School	78	14.6%	535
Meadow Lands Elementary School	76	14.9%	509
Country Heights Elementary School	75	15.1%	496
Southern Oaks Elementary School	72	14.4%	499
Foust Elementary School	66	14%	473
Audubon Elementary School	65	15.4%	421
Cravens Elementary School	63	15.9%	396
Highland Elementary School	59	11.7%	505
Sorgho Elementary School	57	14.6%	391
West Louisville Elementary School	55	15.1%	365
Whitesville Elementary School	54	13.9%	388
Valley Elementary School	22	7.3%	301