SE Kentucky News

There were 331 fifth grade students enrolled in Harlan County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.9% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Cumberland Elementary School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 55 students.

Within Harlan County schools, the highest student population was found in first grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in 12th grade.

Statewide, Harlan County ranked 38th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 38th 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
Cumberland Elementary School	55	10.9%	505
Harlan High School	50	12%	415
Rosspoint Elementary School	46	11%	419
Wallins Elementary School	40	9.2%	435
Evarts Elementary School	39	10.9%	359
James A. Cawood Elementary School	37	10.3%	359
Black Mountain Elementary School	32	10%	320
Cawood Elementary School	20	8.3%	242
Green Hills Elementary School	12	8.3%	145