East Louisville News

There were 593 eighth grade students enrolled in Shelby County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 7% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Shelby County West Middle School welcomed most of the eighth grade students in the county, registering 223 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Shelby County West Middle School	223	34.5%	647
Shelby County East Middle School	198	33.4%	592
Marnel C. Moorman School	162	19.7%	823
Ascension Academy	10	14.3%	70