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There were 720 fifth grade students enrolled in Laurel County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.8% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

London Elementary School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 91 students.

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

Statewide, Laurel County ranked 14th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 14th 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
London Elementary School	91	15.1%	603
Hunter Hills Elementary School	85	12.9%	659
Bush Elementary School	74	13.2%	559
Wyan-Pine Grove Elementary School	69	14.6%	471
Colony Elementary School	65	15.3%	424
East Bernstadt Elementary School	56	10.4%	538
Johnson Elementary School	56	15.6%	359
Hazel Green Elementary School	51	12.8%	398
Sublimity Elementary School	51	14.5%	351
Cold Hill Elementary School	45	15.2%	297
Camp Ground Elementary School	40	11.6%	345
Keavy Elementary School	37	11.6%	318