Jackson Purchase News

There were 323 fifth grade students enrolled in Calloway County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 7.4% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Murray Middle School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 113 students.

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

Statewide, Calloway County ranked 32nd in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 32nd 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
Murray Middle School	113	16.5%	684
North Calloway Elementary School	80	12.4%	645
Southwest Calloway Elementary School	78	16.4%	475
East Calloway Elementary School	52	14.9%	348