East Louisville News

There were 97 first grade students enrolled in Trimble County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 12.8% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Bedford Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 71 students.

Within Trimble County schools, the highest student population was found in eighth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in fifth grade.

Statewide, Trimble County ranked 106th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 106th 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
Bedford Elementary School	71	14%	508
Milton Elementary School	26	11%	237