East Kentucky Times

There were 191 first grade students enrolled in Knott County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 29.1% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Hindman Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 55 students.

Within Knott County schools, the highest student population was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in preschool.

Statewide, Knott County ranked 78th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 78th 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
Hindman Elementary School	55	11.6%	475
Carr Creek Elementary School	49	12.5%	392
Emmalena Elementary School	30	12.9%	232
Jones Fork Elementary School	23	11.8%	195
Beaver Creek Elementary School	21	10%	210
Cordia School	13	5.8%	224