East Louisville News

There were 969 fourth grade students enrolled in Oldham County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 9.5% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Buckner Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 131 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Buckner Elementary School	131	19.6%	667
Kenwood Station Elementary School	116	17.4%	668
Crestwood Elementary School	116	20.2%	574
Harmony Elementary School	114	17.5%	652
Goshen at Hillcrest Elementary School	110	16.7%	659
Locust Grove Elementary School	104	16.8%	619
Camden Station Elementary School	102	19.4%	526
Centerfield Elementary School	88	16.2%	544
Lagrange Elementary School	88	17.8%	493