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There were 371 sixth grade students enrolled in Perry County schools in the 2022-23 school year, the same number from the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

East Perry County Elementary School welcomed most of the sixth grade students in the county, registering 83 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 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
East Perry County Elementary School	83	11.6%	715
West Perry Elementary School	81	9.5%	851
Hazard Middle School	77	24.4%	316
Robert W. Combs Elementary School	39	9.3%	418
Robinson Elementary School	33	11.2%	295
Buckhorn School	22	6.2%	357
Viper Elementary School	21	8.1%	259
Leatherwood Elementary School	12	11%	109
Perry County Alternative School	3	14.3%	21