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The majority of students in Whitley County schools were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of the 8,272 students attending Whitley County schools, 96.2% were white. Hispanic or Latino students were the second most represented ethnicity, making up 1.7%.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Whitley County schools, representing 95.1% of the student body.

Corbin Educational Center had the most diverse student body in the county, which included African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, multiracial, and white.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in schools in the county dropped to 2% compared to the previous 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.

School	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Whitley County High School	White	97.9%	1,180
Corbin High School	White	95.1%	987
Oak Grove Elementary School	White	96.8%	715
Corbin Primary School	White	95%	625
Whitley County Middle School	White	96.7%	601
Whitley County Central Primary School	White	98%	554
Corbin Middle School	White	93.3%	509
Whitley Central Intermediate School	White	97.6%	495
Whitley County North Elementary School	White	95.3%	429
Pleasant View Elementary School	White	97.5%	324
Whitley County East Elementary School	White	97%	299
Boston Elementary School	White	96.6%	235
Corbin Preschool	White	91.5%	141
Corbin School of Innovation	White	97.4%	114
Whitley County Alternative School	White	99%	98
Corbin Educational Center	White	1202.8%	71