North Kentucky News

There were 1,913 10th grade students enrolled in Kenton County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 7.2% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Simon Kenton High School welcomed most of the 10th grade students in the county, registering 499 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 10th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Simon Kenton High School	499	25.8%	1,934
Dixie Heights High School	425	26.3%	1,617
Scott High School	295	26.6%	1,107
Holmes High School	251	25%	1,002
Lloyd High School	197	26.7%	738
Beechwood High School	149	20.1%	743
Ludlow High School	56	14.5%	387
Transformational Learning Center	19	13.6%	140
Bartlett Educational Center	16	14.8%	108
Northern Kentucky Youth Development Center	6	30%	20