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There were 13,741 students enrolled in Bullitt County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.4% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Boys made up 52% of the county student body, while the other 48% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 86.3% of the student body, the largest percentage in Bullitt County schools, followed by 5.8% of Hispanic students, 4.3% of multiracial students and 2.6% of Black students.

Bullitt East High School had the highest enrollment among Bullitt County’s 24 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 1,627 students.

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.

Kentucky is in the midst of a statewide teacher shortage as turnover rates spiked to 10.9% in 2023, up from an 8.9% nine-year average. This issue is more prominent in schools with more low-income and minority students.

Data also shows that between 2019 and 2023, there was an increase of 260% in the number of available teaching posts in Kentucky schools. This often leads to larger class sizes, combining programs, and retaining staff despite potential negative impacts on teacher working conditions.

School Name	Total Enrollment in 2022	Total Enrollment in 2023	% change
Bullitt East High School	1,553	1,627	4.8%
Bullitt Central High School	1,409	1,453	3.1%
North Bullitt High School	1,199	1,211	1%
Eastside Middle School	686	699	1.9%
Pleasant Grove Elementary School	643	630	-2.1%
Mt. Washington Elementary School	602	628	4.3%
Freedom Elementary School	569	620	9%
Shepherdsville Elementary School	590	571	-3.3%
Hebron Middle School	547	560	2.4%
Old Mill Elementary School	538	545	1.3%
Brooks Elementary School	483	510	5.6%
Mt. Washington Middle School	509	509	0%
Crossroads Elementary School	495	504	1.8%
Bullitt Lick Middle School	572	503	-13.7%
Roby Elementary School	484	496	2.5%
Bernheim Middle School	518	464	-11.6%
Cedar Grove Elementary School	430	445	3.5%
Zoneton Middle School	434	382	-13.6%
Maryville Elementary School	336	380	13.1%
Lebanon Junction Elementary School	419	378	-10.8%
Overdale Elementary School	380	373	-1.9%
Bullitt Alternative Center	119	119	0%
Nichols Elementary School	119	109	-9.2%
Spring Meadows	27	25	-8%