Hopkinsville Times

There were 142 fifth grade students enrolled in Caldwell County schools in the 2022-23 school year, the same number from the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Caldwell County Elementary School is the only school in the county that welcomed fifth grade students.

Within Caldwell County schools, the highest student population was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in 11th grade and 12th grade.

Statewide, Caldwell County ranked 92nd in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 92nd 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Caldwell County Elementary School	142	33.8%	420