NE Kentucky News

There were 444 fifth grade students enrolled in Greenup County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.8% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Russell-McDowell Intermediate School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 177 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Russell-McDowell Intermediate School	177	37%	478
Raceland-Worthington Middle School	82	17.2%	477
McKell Elementary School	72	14.1%	511
Greysbranch Elementary School	55	17.1%	322
Argillite Elementary School	29	12.8%	226
Wurtland Elementary School	29	12.8%	227