North Kentucky News

There were 1,749 second grade students enrolled in Kenton County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.7% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

River Ridge Elementary School welcomed most of the second grade students in the county, registering 173 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 2nd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
River Ridge Elementary School	173	16.9%	1,023
Beechgrove Elementary School	120	17%	707
Kenton Elementary School	114	16.8%	677
White's Tower Elementary School	107	16.1%	666
Summit View Academy	104	6.9%	1,508
Beechwood Elementary School	98	12.8%	768
Ft Wright Elementary School	87	17%	512
James A. Caywood Elementary School	86	14.7%	584
Ryland Heights Elementary School	86	18.1%	474
R. C. Hinsdale Elementary School	84	14.6%	575
Glenn O. Swing Elementary School	83	18.9%	440
Taylor Mill Elementary School	78	14.7%	531
Ninth District Elementary School	68	18.1%	376
John G. Carlisle Elementary School	59	17.2%	343
Lindeman Elementary School	57	17.8%	321
Mary A. Goetz Elementary School	57	11.7%	487
Sixth District Elementary School	56	11.4%	493
Howell Elementary School	56	17.1%	327
Latonia Elementary School	51	16.2%	315
Piner Elementary School	50	15.2%	330
Arnett Elementary School	39	12.3%	316
Miles Elementary School	35	13.7%	255
Transformational Learning Center	1	0.7%	140