East Kentucky Times

There were 771 first grade students enrolled in Pike County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 8.7% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Pikeville Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 106 students.

Within Pike County schools, the highest student population was found in 10th grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in preschool.

Statewide, Pike County ranked 17th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 17th 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Pikeville Elementary School	106	15.5%	684
Belfry Elementary School	101	16%	632
Mullins Elementary School	98	12.1%	812
Millard School	91	13.7%	663
Valley Elementary School	90	9.8%	919
Johns Creek Elementary School	82	11.5%	712
Elkhorn City Elementary School	48	10.1%	476
Phelps Elementary School	44	13.8%	320
Bevins Elementary School	43	16.9%	255
Dorton Elementary School	35	12.4%	283
Kimper Elementary School	17	12.3%	138
Feds Creek Elementary School	16	8.5%	188