NC Kentucky News

There were 183 ninth grade students enrolled in Washington County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 10.2% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Washington County High School welcomed most of the ninth grade students in the county, registering 166 students.

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

Statewide, Washington County ranked 96th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 96th 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Washington County High School	166	30.5%	544
Commander Academy	17	22.1%	77