East Louisville News

There were 855 first grade students enrolled in Oldham County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.3% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Buckner Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 123 students.

Within Oldham County schools, the highest student population was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in preschool.

Statewide, Oldham County ranked 10th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 10th 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Buckner Elementary School	123	18.4%	667
Crestwood Elementary School	105	18.3%	574
Locust Grove Elementary School	99	16%	619
Goshen at Hillcrest Elementary School	98	14.9%	659
Kenwood Station Elementary School	93	13.9%	668
Lagrange Elementary School	91	18.5%	493
Harmony Elementary School	87	13.3%	652
Camden Station Elementary School	85	16.2%	526
Centerfield Elementary School	74	13.6%	544