North Kentucky News

There were 1,692 12th grade students enrolled in Kenton County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.7% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Simon Kenton High School welcomed most of the 12th grade students in the county, registering 446 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 12th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Simon Kenton High School	446	23.1%	1,934
Dixie Heights High School	393	24.3%	1,617
Scott High School	294	26.6%	1,107
Holmes High School	181	18.1%	1,002
Lloyd High School	163	22.1%	738
Beechwood High School	123	16.6%	743
Ludlow High School	56	14.5%	387
Covington Adult High School	19	79.2%	24
Bartlett Educational Center	15	13.9%	108
Transformational Learning Center	1	0.7%	140
Northern Kentucky Youth Development Center	1	5%	20