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There were 240 second grade students enrolled in Clay County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.5% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Manchester Elementary School welcomed most of the second grade students in the county, registering 47 students.

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

Statewide, Clay County ranked 57th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 57th 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 2nd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Manchester Elementary School	47	10.7%	438
Hacker Elementary School	45	15.6%	288
Burning Springs Elementary School	42	12.5%	337
Paces Creek Elementary School	38	11%	345
Goose Rock Elementary School	32	13%	246
Oneida Elementary School	19	14.5%	131
Big Creek Elementary School	17	11.3%	151