East Kentucky Times

There were 772 12th grade students enrolled in Pike County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.6% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Pike County Central High School welcomed most of the 12th grade students in the county, registering 165 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 12th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Pike County Central High School	165	24.1%	685
Belfry High School	138	24.1%	572
Shelby Valley High School	134	23.1%	581
East Ridge High School	130	27.6%	471
Pikeville High School	77	14.4%	535
Pike County Virtual Academy	56	40.3%	139
Northpoint Academy	37	35.9%	103
Phelps High School	34	13.4%	253
Pike County Day Treatment	1	2%	49