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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.

School	# of 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Corbin Middle School	233	33.5%	696
Whitley Central Intermediate School	128	25.9%	495
Oak Grove Elementary School	65	8.5%	762
Williamsburg City School	55	5.9%	926
Whitley County North Elementary School	53	14.4%	368
Whitley County East Elementary School	35	12.2%	288
Pleasant View Elementary School	30	10.8%	278
Boston Elementary School	27	12.6%	215
Corbin School of Innovation	13	5.4%	241
Corbin Educational Center	3	3.8%	79