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There were 858 fifth grade students enrolled in Bullitt County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 10.1% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Mt. Washington Elementary School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 106 students.

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

Statewide, Bullitt County ranked ninth in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked ninth 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Mt. Washington Elementary School	106	16.9%	628
Pleasant Grove Elementary School	100	15.9%	630
Old Mill Elementary School	84	15.4%	545
Shepherdsville Elementary School	79	13.8%	571
Freedom Elementary School	78	12.6%	620
Brooks Elementary School	71	13.9%	510
Overdale Elementary School	58	15.5%	373
Crossroads Elementary School	57	11.3%	504
Roby Elementary School	55	11.1%	496
Lebanon Junction Elementary School	54	14.3%	378
Cedar Grove Elementary School	53	11.9%	445
Maryville Elementary School	47	12.4%	380
Nichols Elementary School	16	14.7%	109