Jackson Purchase News

There were 447 second grade students enrolled in Graves County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.3% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Mayfield Elementary School welcomed most of the second grade students in the county, registering 153 students.

Within Graves County schools, the highest student population was found in first grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in 11th grade.

Statewide, Graves County ranked 29th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 29th 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 2nd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Mayfield Elementary School	153	15.8%	966
Wingo Elementary School	59	12.2%	484
Graves County Central Elementary School	52	10.1%	515
Fancy Farm Elementary School	48	14.6%	329
Symsonia Elementary School	48	11.9%	405
Sedalia Elementary School	47	11.8%	398
Farmington Elementary School	40	13.9%	287