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There were 692 10th grade students enrolled in Whitley County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.9% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Whitley County High School welcomed most of the 10th grade students in the county, registering 296 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 10th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Whitley County High School	296	27.7%	1,067
Corbin High School	222	25.2%	882
Williamsburg City School	69	7.5%	926
Colonel Academy	37	20.8%	178
Corbin School of Innovation	29	12%	241
Whitley County Alternative School	20	17.9%	112
Corbin Educational Center	19	24.1%	79