North Kentucky News

There were 968 eighth grade students enrolled in Campbell County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.9% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Campbell County Middle School welcomed most of the eighth grade students in the county, registering 419 students.

Within Campbell County schools, the highest student population was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in preschool.

Statewide, Campbell County ranked 11th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 11th 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
Campbell County Middle School	419	33.9%	1,236
Highlands Middle School	262	35.1%	746
Newport High School	110	17.2%	639
Dayton High School	57	14.5%	393
Bellevue High School	47	12.2%	384
Newport Regional School	44	18.6%	236
Southgate Public School	18	7.7%	234
Alexandria Educational Center	9	9.4%	96
Newport School of Innovation	2	3.2%	63