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There were 445 10th grade students enrolled in Knox County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 28.6% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Knox Central High School welcomed most of the 10th grade students in the county, registering 226 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 10th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Knox Central High School	226	27.5%	822
Lynn Camp Middle High School	69	12.9%	534
Barbourville City School	63	8.3%	760
Knox County Learning Academy	29	28.4%	102
Knox Appalachian School	24	25.3%	95
Knox Inspire Academy	20	20.6%	97
Knox County Day Treatment	12	17.6%	68
Barbourville Learning Center	2	16.7%	12