East Kentucky Times

There were 250 ninth grade students enrolled in Breathitt County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.2% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Breathitt County High School welcomed most of the ninth grade students in the county, registering 129 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Breathitt County High School	129	15.8%	819
Breathitt Regional School	83	26.5%	313
Jackson City School	20	5.4%	369
Breathitt County Day Treatment	18	32.7%	55