North Kentucky News

There were 1,758 sixth grade students enrolled in Kenton County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.6% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Turkey Foot Middle School welcomed most of the sixth grade students in the county, registering 346 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 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Turkey Foot Middle School	346	32%	1,081
Twenhofel Middle School	281	32.3%	870
Summit View Academy	251	16.6%	1,508
Holmes Middle School	227	31.9%	712
Woodland Middle School	213	32.9%	648
Tichenor Middle School	212	35.7%	594
Beechwood Elementary School	115	15%	768
Mary A. Goetz Elementary School	70	14.4%	487
Transformational Learning Center	20	14.3%	140
Bartlett Educational Center	12	11.1%	108
Guardian Angel	11	26.2%	42