Enrollment at Beacon Academy decreased by 24.1% in 2022-23 school year

There were 249 students enrolled in Beacon Academy during the 2022-23 school year, 24.1% fewer than the previous year's 328 students, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 34.5% of them were girls, and 65.5% were boys.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 79.9% of the Beacon Academy total enrollment.

The school is located in Warren County School District with a central office in Bowling Green.

In total, there were 685,401 students enrolled in Kentucky during the 2022-23 school year.

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.

Data also shows that between 2019 and 2023, there was an increase of 260% in the number of available teaching posts in Kentucky schools. This often leads to larger class sizes, combining programs, and retaining staff despite potential negative impacts on teacher working conditions.

School	Total Enrollment
South Warren High School	1,563
Greenwood High School	1,461
Warren Central High School	1,173
Warren East High School	1,120
Rich Pond Elementary School	923
Lost River Elementary School	919
Jennings Creek Elementary School	875
Warren Elementary School	832
Alvaton Elementary School	817
South Warren Middle School	814
Briarwood Elementary School	806
Jody Richards Elementary School	804
Drakes Creek Middle School	784
Plano Elementary School	756
William H. Natcher Elementary School	751
Bristow Elementary School	721
Cumberland Trace Elementary School	693
Rockfield Elementary School	668
Henry F. Moss Middle School	632
Rivendell Elementary School	632
Richardsville Elementary School	523
Warren East Middle School	522
Rivendell High School	517
North Warren Elementary School	488
Oakland Elementary School	455
Beacon Academy	249
Lighthouse Academy	192
Geo International High School	176
Jackson Academy	63
Warren County Day Treatment	45