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There were 357 fourth grade students enrolled in Perry County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

East Perry County Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 87 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
East Perry County Elementary School	87	12.2%	715
West Perry Elementary School	77	9%	851
Roy G. Eversole Elementary School	63	13%	483
Robert W. Combs Elementary School	47	11.2%	418
Viper Elementary School	27	10.4%	259
Robinson Elementary School	26	8.8%	295
Buckhorn School	20	5.6%	357
Leatherwood Elementary School	10	9.2%	109