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2022-23 School Year Enrollment: 642 sixth grade students welcomed in Whitley County schools

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KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education

KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education

There were 642 sixth grade students enrolled in Whitley County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.7% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Corbin Middle School welcomed most of the sixth grade students in the county, registering 233 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.

Whitley County Enrollment by Grade - Yearly Comparison
PreschoolKindergartenGrade 1Grade 2Grade 3Grade 4Grade 5Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8Grade 9Grade 10Grade 11Grade 1201002003004005006007008009002022-23 school year2021-22 school year

Sixth Grade Enrollment in Whitley County Schools for 2022-23 School Year
School# of 6th Grade Students Enrolled% of Student BodyTotal Enrollment
Corbin Middle School23333.5%696
Whitley Central Intermediate School12825.9%495
Oak Grove Elementary School658.5%762
Williamsburg City School555.9%926
Whitley County North Elementary School5314.4%368
Whitley County East Elementary School3512.2%288
Pleasant View Elementary School3010.8%278
Boston Elementary School2712.6%215
Corbin School of Innovation135.4%241
Corbin Educational Center33.8%79

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