East Kentucky Times

There were 142 fifth grade students enrolled in Breathitt County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 7.8% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Sebastian Elementary School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 62 students.

Within Breathitt County schools, the highest student population was found in 10th grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in preschool.

Statewide, Breathitt County ranked 71st in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 71st 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Sebastian Elementary School	62	12%	515
Jackson City School	32	8.7%	369
Marie Roberts-Caney Elementary School	29	11.2%	259
Highland-Turner Elementary School	18	8.1%	223
Breathitt Regional School	1	0.3%	313