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Lower student enrollment in Lewis County School District, differing the state’s trend

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​Robbie Fletcher, E​d.D.​Kentucky Commissioner of education | https://www.education.ky.gov/CommOfEd/Pages/KDE-Leadership-Team.aspx

​Robbie Fletcher, E​d.D.​Kentucky Commissioner of education | https://www.education.ky.gov/CommOfEd/Pages/KDE-Leadership-Team.aspx

The only school district in Lewis County suffered declining enrollment in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

There were 2,157 students in Lewis County School District, 2.9% lower than the year before.

Enrollment in Lewis County fell short of the state's trend of increasing enrollment.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.7% of them were boys, and 48.3% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 96.5% of Lewis County School District's total enrollment.

Lewis County School District has a main office in Vanceburg and is the only school district within Lewis County.

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.

Enrollment in Lewis County Over 4 Years
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Enrollment in Lewis County School District Schools During 2022-23 School Year
SchoolTotal Enrollment in 2022-23Total Enrollment in 2021-22Total % Change
Lewis County High School652713-8.6%
Lewis County Central Elementary School501523-4.2%
Lewis County Middle School315325-3.1%
Garrison Elementary School3082915.8%
Tollesboro Elementary School3022981.3%
Laurel Elementary School1069610.4%

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