Jackson Purchase News

There were 718 fifth grade students enrolled in McCracken County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 9.2% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Lone Oak Intermediate School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 221 students.

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

Statewide, McCracken County ranked 13th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 13th 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
Lone Oak Intermediate School	221	50.2%	440
Reidland Intermediate School	115	48.7%	236
Clark Elementary School	114	17.6%	649
Concord Elementary School	92	13.8%	668
Morgan Elementary School	67	16.1%	415
Heath Elementary School	62	12.1%	513
McNabb Elementary School	47	13.1%	360