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There were 2,324 students enrolled in Jackson County School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.6% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 53.2% of them were boys, and 46.8% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, representing 97.1% of the district's total enrollment.

Jackson County School District roughly covers eight schools within Jackson County and has a main office in McKee.

Among the eight schools in Jackson County School District, Jackson County High School recorded the highest enrollment of 599 students in the 2022-23 school year.

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.

Data also shows that between 2019 and 2023, there was an increase of 260% in the number of available teaching posts in Kentucky schools. This often leads to larger class sizes, combining programs, and retaining staff despite potential negative impacts on teacher working conditions.

School Name	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Jackson County High School	593	599	1%
Tyner Elementary School	507	508	0.2%
Jackson County Middle School	489	447	-9.4%
McKee Elementary School	422	428	1.4%
Sand Gap Elementary School	279	284	1.8%
Barnabus Home High School	22	26	18.2%
Jackson County Schools Learning Center	15	26	73.3%
Barnabus Home Middle School	11	6	-83.3%