East Kentucky Times

There were 62 preschool students enrolled in Morgan County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 121.4% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Morgan Central Elementary School welcomed most of the preschool students in the county, registering 36 students.

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

Statewide, Morgan County ranked 90th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 90th 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
Morgan Central Elementary School	36	10.7%	337
Wrigley Elementary School	16	4.6%	348
East Valley Elementary School	10	7%	143