North Kentucky News

There were 730 preschool students enrolled in Boone County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 13.2% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Walton - Verona Early Childhood Center welcomed most of the preschool students in the county, registering 105 students.

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

Statewide, Boone County ranked fifth in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked fifth 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 Preschool Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Walton - Verona Early Childhood Center	105	100%	105
Stephens Elementary School	93	14.3%	649
New Haven Elementary School	83	11.3%	735
Burlington Elementary School	67	9%	743
Florence Elementary School	51	7.8%	650
Hillard Collins Elementary School	50	9%	558
Steeplechase Elementary School	45	7.4%	612
Erpenbeck Elementary School	43	5.8%	746
Chester Goodridge Elementary School	43	6.2%	688
Ockerman Elementary School	41	4.7%	865
A. M. Yealey Elementary School	40	6%	665
Thornwilde Elementary School	40	6%	672
North Pointe Elementary School	29	6.5%	449