East Kentucky Times

There were 171 eighth grade students enrolled in Knott County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 21.2% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Hindman Elementary School welcomed most of the eighth grade students in the county, registering 53 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Hindman Elementary School	53	11.2%	475
Carr Creek Elementary School	41	10.5%	392
Beaver Creek Elementary School	31	14.8%	210
Jones Fork Elementary School	18	9.2%	195
Cordia School	15	6.7%	224
Emmalena Elementary School	13	5.6%	232