East Louisville News

There were 3,246 students enrolled in Henry County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.8% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Boys made up 54.9% of the county student body, while the other 45.1% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 84% of the student body, the largest percentage in Henry County schools, followed by 7.3% of Hispanic students, 5.6% of multiracial students and 2.6% of Black students.

Henry County High School had the highest enrollment among Henry County’s nine schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 656 students.

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.

Kentucky is in the midst of a statewide teacher shortage as turnover rates spiked to 10.9% in 2023, up from an 8.9% nine-year average. This issue is more prominent in schools with more low-income and minority students.

Data also shows that between 2019 and 2023, there was an increase of 260% in the number of available teaching posts in Kentucky schools. This often leads to larger class sizes, combining programs, and retaining staff despite potential negative impacts on teacher working conditions.

School Name	Total Enrollment in 2022	Total Enrollment in 2023	% change
Henry County High School	675	656	-2.9%
Eminence High School	499	516	3.4%
Henry County Middle School	481	478	-0.6%
Eminence Elementary School	450	457	1.6%
New Castle Elementary School	334	351	5.1%
Campbellsburg Elementary School	359	338	-6.2%
Eastern Elementary School	210	189	-11.1%
Henry County Early Childhood	119	137	15.1%
Bluegrass Challenge Academy	160	124	-29%