Elizabethtown Times

There were 947 preschool students enrolled in Hardin County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.9% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

North Park Elementary School welcomed most of the preschool students in the county, registering 315 students.

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

Statewide, Hardin County ranked sixth in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked sixth 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
North Park Elementary School	315	43.4%	725
G. C. Burkhead Elementary School	99	10.5%	939
Cecilia Valley Elementary School	83	17.4%	478
Panther Academy	79	31.9%	248
Lincoln Trail Elementary School	78	12.5%	625
Creekside Elementary School	77	15.7%	489
Heartland Elementary School	65	10.2%	637
Lakewood Elementary School	52	10.3%	504
New Highland Elementary School	50	8.5%	587
Rineyville Elementary School	49	8.4%	581