East Kentucky Times

There were 143 second grade students enrolled in Knott County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 24.3% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Hindman Elementary School welcomed most of the second grade students in the county, registering 48 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 2nd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Hindman Elementary School	48	10.1%	475
Carr Creek Elementary School	31	7.9%	392
Beaver Creek Elementary School	21	10%	210
Emmalena Elementary School	19	8.2%	232
Jones Fork Elementary School	16	8.2%	195
Cordia School	8	3.6%	224