North Kentucky News

There were 1,824 eighth 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 eighth grade students in the county, registering 380 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Turkey Foot Middle School	380	35.2%	1,081
Twenhofel Middle School	292	33.6%	870
Summit View Academy	272	18%	1,508
Holmes Middle School	251	35.3%	712
Woodland Middle School	206	31.8%	648
Tichenor Middle School	185	31.1%	594
Beechwood High School	125	16.8%	743
Ludlow High School	73	18.9%	387
Transformational Learning Center	16	11.4%	140
Bartlett Educational Center	14	13%	108
Guardian Angel	8	19%	42
Northern Kentucky Youth Development Center	2	10%	20