NE Kentucky News

There were 299 preschool students enrolled in Greenup County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.7% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Campbell Elementary School welcomed most of the preschool students in the county, registering 100 students.

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

Statewide, Greenup County ranked 28th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 28th 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
Campbell Elementary School	100	27.8%	360
Russell Primary School	69	13.2%	523
McKell Elementary School	55	10.8%	511
Argillite Elementary School	28	12.4%	226
Wurtland Elementary School	24	10.6%	227
Greysbranch Elementary School	23	7.1%	322