East Louisville News

There were 909 fifth grade students enrolled in Oldham County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 9.6% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Goshen at Hillcrest Elementary School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 130 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Goshen at Hillcrest Elementary School	130	19.7%	659
Kenwood Station Elementary School	120	18%	668
Harmony Elementary School	116	17.8%	652
Buckner Elementary School	113	16.9%	667
Locust Grove Elementary School	101	16.3%	619
Centerfield Elementary School	91	16.7%	544
Crestwood Elementary School	83	14.5%	574
Camden Station Elementary School	81	15.4%	526
Lagrange Elementary School	74	15%	493