East Kentucky Times

There were 718 second grade students enrolled in Pike County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 10.5% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Mullins Elementary School welcomed most of the second 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 2nd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Mullins Elementary School	106	13.1%	812
Belfry Elementary School	100	15.8%	632
Valley Elementary School	98	10.7%	919
Pikeville Elementary School	98	14.3%	684
Johns Creek Elementary School	75	10.5%	712
Millard School	55	8.3%	663
Elkhorn City Elementary School	52	10.9%	476
Phelps Elementary School	42	13.1%	320
Dorton Elementary School	33	11.7%	283
Bevins Elementary School	31	12.2%	255
Feds Creek Elementary School	16	8.5%	188
Kimper Elementary School	12	8.7%	138