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There were 616 preschool students enrolled in Whitley County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 12.2% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Corbin Preschool welcomed most of the preschool students in the county, registering 148 students.

Within Whitley County schools, the highest student population was found in first grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in 12th grade.

Statewide, Whitley County ranked 19th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 19th 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 Preschool Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Corbin Preschool	148	100%	148
Whitley County Central Primary School	133	25.1%	530
Oak Grove Elementary School	109	14.3%	762
Williamsburg City School	64	6.9%	926
Pleasant View Elementary School	46	16.5%	278
Whitley County North Elementary School	40	10.9%	368
Whitley County East Elementary School	39	13.5%	288
Boston Elementary School	37	17.2%	215