NE Kentucky News

There were 503 preschool students enrolled in Boyd County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.5% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Boyd County Early Childhood Academy welcomed most of the preschool students in the county, registering 252 students.

Within Boyd County schools, the highest student population was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in 12th grade.

Statewide, Boyd County ranked 25th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 25th 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 Preschool Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Boyd County Early Childhood Academy	252	100%	252
Ashland Head Start	210	100%	210
Fairview Elementary School	41	15.7%	261