Jackson Purchase News

There were 431 sixth grade students enrolled in Graves County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.5% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Mayfield Middle School welcomed most of the sixth grade students in the county, registering 133 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 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Mayfield Middle School	133	23.3%	570
Wingo Elementary School	68	14%	484
Graves County Central Elementary School	58	11.3%	515
Sedalia Elementary School	57	14.3%	398
Symsonia Elementary School	46	11.4%	405
Fancy Farm Elementary School	37	11.2%	329
Farmington Elementary School	32	11.1%	287