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There were 4,900 students enrolled in Marshall County School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.4% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.5% of them were boys, and 48.5% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, representing 92.5% of the district's total enrollment.

Marshall County School District roughly covers 11 schools within Marshall County and has a main office in Benton.

Among the 11 schools in Marshall County School District, Marshall County High School recorded the highest enrollment of 1,312 students in the 2022-23 school year.

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.

Data also shows that between 2019 and 2023, there was an increase of 260% in the number of available teaching posts in Kentucky schools. This often leads to larger class sizes, combining programs, and retaining staff despite potential negative impacts on teacher working conditions.

School Name	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Marshall County High School	1,371	1,312	-4.5%
Benton Elementary School	565	571	1.1%
North Marshall Middle School	557	525	-6.1%
Central Elementary School	527	511	-3.1%
South Marshall Middle School	519	490	-5.9%
Sharpe Elementary School	336	344	2.4%
South Marshall Elementary School	350	311	-12.5%
Calvert City Elementary School	308	308	0%
Jonathan Elementary School	259	276	6.6%
Mc Academy	209	168	-24.4%
Purchase Youth Village	66	84	27.3%