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There were 387 fourth grade students enrolled in Knox County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 46.6% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Lynn Camp Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 87 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Lynn Camp Elementary School	87	14.6%	594
Barbourville City School	54	7.1%	760
Central Elementary School	53	12.5%	424
Girdler Elementary School	51	15.4%	332
G. R. Hampton Elementary School	51	16.6%	307
Jesse D. Lay Elementary School	45	11.4%	394
Flat Lick Elementary School	32	14.3%	224
Dewitt Elementary School	14	9.6%	146