Elizabethtown Times

There were 1,307 fourth grade students enrolled in Hardin County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 8.6% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

G. C. Burkhead Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 127 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
G. C. Burkhead Elementary School	127	13.5%	939
Vine Grove Elementary School	123	21.5%	571
Woodland Elementary School	113	18.5%	612
Meadow View Elementary School	112	19.5%	573
New Highland Elementary School	95	16.2%	587
Rineyville Elementary School	94	16.2%	581
Morningside Elementary School	88	17.4%	507
Heartland Elementary School	87	13.7%	637
Radcliff Elementary School	85	17.2%	495
Cecilia Valley Elementary School	83	17.4%	478
Lincoln Trail Elementary School	83	13.3%	625
Helmwood Heights Elementary School	68	15.1%	450
Lakewood Elementary School	68	13.5%	504
Creekside Elementary School	63	12.9%	489
Lincoln Trail Behavioral Health Systems	11	1.7%	646
College View Campus	6	0.7%	818
Valley View Education Center	1	1.2%	80