East Louisville News

There were 1,006 seventh grade students enrolled in Oldham County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.9% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

South Oldham Middle School welcomed most of the seventh grade students in the county, registering 296 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 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
South Oldham Middle School	296	34.4%	861
North Oldham Middle School	276	34.3%	804
Oldham County Middle School	221	29.7%	745
East Oldham Middle School	206	32.4%	636
Buckner Alternative High School	7	7.4%	94