NE Kentucky News

There were 158 second grade students enrolled in Lewis County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.3% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Garrison Elementary School welcomed most of the second grade students in the county, registering 51 students.

Within Lewis County schools, the highest student population was found in kindergarten, with the smallest class sizes seen in preschool.

Statewide, Lewis County ranked 83rd in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 83rd 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 2nd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Garrison Elementary School	51	16.6%	308
Lewis County Central Elementary School	49	9.8%	501
Tollesboro Elementary School	43	14.2%	302
Laurel Elementary School	15	14.2%	106