East Louisville News

There were 227 fourth grade students enrolled in Henry County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 12.4% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Eminence Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 77 students.

Within Henry County schools, the highest student population was found in 10th grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in preschool.

Statewide, Henry County ranked 61st in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 61st 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
Eminence Elementary School	77	16.8%	457
Campbellsburg Elementary School	59	17.5%	338
New Castle Elementary School	52	14.8%	351
Eastern Elementary School	39	20.6%	189