NW Kentucky News

There were 1,521 students enrolled in McLean County School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.5% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.1% of them were boys, and 47.9% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, representing 92.6% of the district's total enrollment.

McLean County School District roughly covers six schools within McLean County and has a main office in Calhoun.

Among the six schools in McLean County School District, McLean County High School recorded the highest enrollment of 434 students in the 2022-23 school year.

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.

Data also shows that between 2019 and 2023, there was an increase of 260% in the number of available teaching posts in Kentucky schools. This often leads to larger class sizes, combining programs, and retaining staff despite potential negative impacts on teacher working conditions.

School Name	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% change
McLean County High School	450	434	-3.7%
McLean County Middle School	338	342	1.2%
Calhoun Elementary School	314	332	5.7%
Livermore Elementary School	258	257	-0.4%
Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary School	133	135	1.5%
McLean County Alternative Center	20	21	5%