East Kentucky Times

There were 671 seventh grade students enrolled in Pike County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 11.2% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Belfry Middle School welcomed most of the seventh grade students in the county, registering 112 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 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Belfry Middle School	112	30.4%	369
Valley Elementary School	111	12.1%	919
Pikeville High School	99	18.5%	535
Mullins Elementary School	87	10.7%	812
Johns Creek Elementary School	67	9.4%	712
Millard School	62	9.4%	663
Elkhorn City Elementary School	37	7.8%	476
Dorton Elementary School	30	10.6%	283
Phelps High School	28	11.1%	253
Feds Creek Elementary School	17	9%	188
Kimper Elementary School	11	8%	138
Pike County Day Treatment	9	18.4%	49
Northpoint Academy	1	1%	103