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Rowan County Districts: Rowan County School District welcomed most students in 2022-23 school year

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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

Rowan County School District had the highest enrollment among Rowan County districts, welcoming 3,839 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.9% of them were boys, and 49.1% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 90.6% of the total enrollment.

Rowan County School District roughly covers schools within Rowan County with its main office in Morehead.

Among the two districts in Rowan County, Craft Academy ranked second in enrollment numbers with 138 students.

In the previous school year, Rowan County School District had the highest number of students among Rowan County districts.

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 Rowan County Over 4 Years
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Enrollment in Rowan County Districts During 2022-23 School Year
DistrictCity (main office)Total Enrollment
Rowan County School DistrictMorehead3,839
Craft AcademyMorehead138

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