North Kentucky News

There were 12,375 students enrolled in Campbell County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.8% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Boys made up 50.8% of the county student body, while the other 49.2% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 81.4% of the student body, the largest percentage in Campbell County schools, followed by 6.7% of multiracial students, 5.5% of Hispanic students and 5.1% of Black students.

Campbell County High School had the highest enrollment among Campbell County’s 23 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 1,625 students.

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.

Kentucky is in the midst of a statewide teacher shortage as turnover rates spiked to 10.9% in 2023, up from an 8.9% nine-year average. This issue is more prominent in schools with more low-income and minority students.

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 2022	Total Enrollment in 2023	% change
Campbell County High School	1,613	1,625	0.7%
Campbell County Middle School	1,271	1,236	-2.8%
Highlands High School	1,003	1,029	2.6%
Highlands Middle School	787	746	-5.5%
Crossroads Elementary School	719	683	-5.3%
Campbell Ridge Elementary School	616	640	3.9%
Newport High School	617	639	3.6%
Moyer Elementary School	515	569	10.5%
Lincoln Elementary School	529	531	0.4%
John W. Reiley Elementary School	537	521	-3.1%
Johnson Elementary School	481	430	-11.9%
Newport Intermediate School	427	424	-0.7%
Woodfill Elementary School	394	420	6.6%
Newport Primary School	396	412	4%
Dayton High School	407	393	-3.6%
Donald E. Cline Elementary School	379	388	2.4%
Bellevue High School	399	384	-3.9%
Grant's Lick Elementary School	324	378	16.7%
Grandview Elementary School	280	298	6.4%
Newport Regional School	59	236	300%
Southgate Public School	223	234	4.9%
Alexandria Educational Center	95	96	1.1%
Newport School of Innovation	63	63	0%