East Kentucky Times

There were 347 preschool students enrolled in Floyd County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.1% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Prestonsburg Elementary School and South Floyd Elementary School welcomed most of the preschool students in the county, registering 64 students.

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

Statewide, Floyd County ranked 27th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 27th 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 Preschool Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Prestonsburg Elementary School	64	9%	713
South Floyd Elementary School	64	9.3%	685
Betsy Layne Elementary School	48	6.9%	700
May Valley Elementary School	45	9.3%	482
Duff-Allen Central Elementary School	44	8.7%	508
John M. Stumbo Elementary School	42	12.6%	333
Allen Elementary School	40	7.5%	536