North Kentucky News

There were 2,059 ninth grade students enrolled in Kenton County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.4% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Simon Kenton High School welcomed most of the ninth grade students in the county, registering 522 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Simon Kenton High School	522	27%	1,934
Dixie Heights High School	414	25.6%	1,617
Holmes High School	348	34.7%	1,002
Scott High School	276	24.9%	1,107
Lloyd High School	223	30.2%	738
Beechwood High School	130	17.5%	743
Ludlow High School	77	19.9%	387
Transformational Learning Center	32	22.9%	140
Bartlett Educational Center	22	20.4%	108
Guardian Angel	8	19%	42
Northern Kentucky Youth Development Center	7	35%	20