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Which Bell County district had largest enrollment in 2022-23 school year?

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​Robbie Fletcher, E​d.D.​Kentucky Commissioner of education | https://www.education.ky.gov/CommOfEd/Pages/KDE-Leadership-Team.aspx

​Robbie Fletcher, E​d.D.​Kentucky Commissioner of education | https://www.education.ky.gov/CommOfEd/Pages/KDE-Leadership-Team.aspx

Bell County School District had the highest enrollment among Bell County districts, welcoming 2,666 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.8% of them were boys, and 49.2% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 96.8% of the total enrollment.

Bell County School District roughly covers schools within Bell County with its main office in Pineville.

Among the three districts in Bell County, Middlesboro Independent School District ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,245 students, while Pineville Independent School District welcomed 641 students to be ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

In the previous school year, Bell County School District had the highest number of students among Bell County districts.

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.

Enrollment in Bell County Over 4 Years
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Enrollment in Bell County Districts During 2022-23 School Year
DistrictCity (main office)Total Enrollment
Bell County School DistrictPineville2,666
Middlesboro Independent School DistrictMiddlesboro1,245
Pineville Independent School DistrictPineville641

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