NE Kentucky News

There were 455 first grade students enrolled in Greenup County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.8% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Russell Primary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 152 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Russell Primary School	152	29.1%	523
Campbell Elementary School	102	28.3%	360
McKell Elementary School	83	16.2%	511
Greysbranch Elementary School	53	16.5%	322
Argillite Elementary School	34	15%	226
Wurtland Elementary School	31	13.7%	227