East Kentucky Times

The majority of students in Pike County schools were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of the 10,615 students attending Pike County schools, 96.2% were white. Multiracial students were the second most represented ethnicity, making up 1.2%.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Pike County schools, representing 95.4% of the student body.

Belfry Middle School, Mullins Elementary School, and Pikeville High School had the most diverse student body in the county, which included African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, multiracial, and white.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in schools in the county increased by 7.8% compared to the previous 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.

School	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Valley Elementary School	White	98.2%	977
Mullins Elementary School	White	94.1%	859
Johns Creek Elementary School	White	97%	801
Millard School	White	97.5%	752
Pikeville Elementary School	White	91.6%	691
Pike County Central High School	White	97.5%	685
Belfry High School	White	95.3%	645
Belfry Elementary School	White	94.3%	616
Shelby Valley High School	White	98.7%	605
Pikeville High School	White	91.2%	544
Elkhorn City Elementary School	White	97.8%	538
East Ridge High School	White	99.4%	519
Belfry Middle School	White	93.3%	445
Phelps Elementary School	White	97.9%	432
Phelps High School	White	98.6%	347
Dorton Elementary School	White	98.5%	335
Bevins Elementary School	White	93.8%	273
Feds Creek Elementary School	White	99.5%	222
Kimper Elementary School	White	95.7%	162
Northpoint Academy	White	96%	99
Pike County Day Treatment	White	95.6%	68