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There were 655 11th grade students enrolled in Whitley County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.9% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Whitley County High School welcomed most of the 11th grade students in the county, registering 268 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 11th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Whitley County High School	268	25.1%	1,067
Corbin High School	216	24.5%	882
Williamsburg City School	71	7.7%	926
Colonel Academy	36	20.2%	178
Corbin School of Innovation	35	14.5%	241
Whitley County Alternative School	23	20.5%	112
Corbin Educational Center	6	7.6%	79