Metro Lex News

There were 741 10th grade students enrolled in Jessamine County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 7.7% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

West Jessamine High School welcomed most of the 10th grade students in the county, registering 359 students.

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

Statewide, Jessamine County ranked 20th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 20th 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 10th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
West Jessamine High School	359	26.3%	1,364
East Jessamine High School	339	27%	1,254
The Providence School	38	18.4%	207
Ashgrove Academy	5	19.2%	26