North Kentucky News

There were 1,837 first grade students enrolled in Kenton County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.1% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

River Ridge Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 171 students.

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

Statewide, Kenton County ranked fourth in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked fourth 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
River Ridge Elementary School	171	16.7%	1,023
Summit View Academy	128	8.5%	1,508
White's Tower Elementary School	113	17%	666
Beechwood Elementary School	109	14.2%	768
James A. Caywood Elementary School	106	18.2%	584
Kenton Elementary School	101	14.9%	677
Beechgrove Elementary School	97	13.7%	707
Taylor Mill Elementary School	94	17.7%	531
R. C. Hinsdale Elementary School	91	15.8%	575
Ft Wright Elementary School	84	16.4%	512
Glenn O. Swing Elementary School	77	17.5%	440
Sixth District Elementary School	77	15.6%	493
Ninth District Elementary School	71	18.9%	376
Mary A. Goetz Elementary School	71	14.6%	487
Ryland Heights Elementary School	67	14.1%	474
Lindeman Elementary School	65	20.2%	321
Howell Elementary School	63	19.3%	327
John G. Carlisle Elementary School	58	16.9%	343
Latonia Elementary School	55	17.5%	315
Piner Elementary School	53	16.1%	330
Miles Elementary School	47	18.4%	255
Arnett Elementary School	36	11.4%	316
Transformational Learning Center	3	2.1%	140