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There were 416 first grade students enrolled in Perry County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.2% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

West Perry Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 108 students.

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

Statewide, Perry County ranked 33rd in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 33rd 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
West Perry Elementary School	108	12.7%	851
Roy G. Eversole Elementary School	96	19.9%	483
East Perry County Elementary School	81	11.3%	715
Robert W. Combs Elementary School	40	9.6%	418
Viper Elementary School	30	11.6%	259
Robinson Elementary School	29	9.8%	295
Buckhorn School	21	5.9%	357
Leatherwood Elementary School	10	9.2%	109
Perry County Alternative School	1	4.8%	21