NE Kentucky News

There were 538 eighth grade students enrolled in Greenup County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.4% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Russell Middle School welcomed most of the eighth grade students in the county, registering 175 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Russell Middle School	175	32.2%	544
McKell Middle School	134	34.9%	384
Wurtland Middle School	104	37.7%	276
Raceland-Worthington Middle School	97	20.3%	477
Raceland-Worthington Schools Campus B	24	12.1%	198
Raceland-Worthington Schools Campus a	4	10%	40