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There were 589 third grade students enrolled in Whitley County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.7% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Corbin Primary School welcomed most of the third grade students in the county, registering 179 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 3rd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Corbin Primary School	179	21.5%	832
Whitley Central Intermediate School	117	23.6%	495
Oak Grove Elementary School	99	13%	762
Williamsburg City School	67	7.2%	926
Whitley County North Elementary School	44	12%	368
Whitley County East Elementary School	28	9.7%	288
Pleasant View Elementary School	25	9%	278
Boston Elementary School	21	9.8%	215
Corbin School of Innovation	9	3.7%	241