East Louisville News

There were 568 first grade students enrolled in Shelby County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.6% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Southside Elementary School and Wright Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 90 students.

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

Statewide, Shelby County ranked 26th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 26th 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
Southside Elementary School	90	19.4%	464
Wright Elementary School	90	18.4%	489
Clear Creek Elementary School	81	17.6%	459
Simpsonville Elementary School	80	17.4%	461
Painted Stone Elementary School	79	16.7%	473
Marnel C. Moorman School	74	9%	823
Heritage Elementary School	74	16.3%	453