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There were 584 fifth grade students enrolled in Whitley County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.8% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Corbin Elementary School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 194 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Corbin Elementary School	194	48.6%	399
Whitley Central Intermediate School	123	24.8%	495
Oak Grove Elementary School	74	9.7%	762
Williamsburg City School	43	4.6%	926
Whitley County North Elementary School	37	10.1%	368
Pleasant View Elementary School	36	12.9%	278
Whitley County East Elementary School	29	10.1%	288
Boston Elementary School	25	11.6%	215
Corbin School of Innovation	21	8.7%	241
Corbin Educational Center	2	2.5%	79