East Louisville News

There were 7,505 students enrolled in Shelby County School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.7% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52% of them were boys, and 48% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, representing 59.8% of the district's total enrollment.

Shelby County School District roughly covers 13 schools within Shelby County and has a main office in Shelbyville.

Among the 13 schools in Shelby County School District, Martha Layne Collins High School recorded the highest enrollment of 1,266 students in the 2022-23 school year.

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.

Data also shows that between 2019 and 2023, there was an increase of 260% in the number of available teaching posts in Kentucky schools. This often leads to larger class sizes, combining programs, and retaining staff despite potential negative impacts on teacher working conditions.

School Name	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Martha Layne Collins High School	1,291	1,266	-2%
Shelby County High School	1,041	1,052	1.1%
Marnel C. Moorman School	792	823	3.9%
Shelby County West Middle School	641	647	0.9%
Shelby County East Middle School	589	592	0.5%
Wright Elementary School	490	489	-0.2%
Painted Stone Elementary School	494	473	-4.4%
Southside Elementary School	484	464	-4.3%
Simpsonville Elementary School	470	461	-2%
Clear Creek Elementary School	450	459	2%
Heritage Elementary School	424	453	6.8%
Northside Early Childhood Center	232	256	10.3%
Ascension Academy	53	70	32.1%