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There were 367 third grade students enrolled in Knox County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 24% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Lynn Camp Elementary School welcomed most of the third grade students in the county, registering 89 students.

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

Statewide, Knox County ranked 47th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 47th 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 3rd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Lynn Camp Elementary School	89	15%	594
Central Elementary School	55	13%	424
Girdler Elementary School	53	16%	332
Barbourville City School	52	6.8%	760
Jesse D. Lay Elementary School	50	12.7%	394
G. R. Hampton Elementary School	26	8.5%	307
Flat Lick Elementary School	25	11.2%	224
Dewitt Elementary School	17	11.6%	146