East Kentucky Times

There were 6,452 students enrolled in Floyd County School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.1% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.6% of them were boys, and 48.4% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, representing 96.7% of the district's total enrollment.

Floyd County School District roughly covers 12 schools within Floyd County and has a main office in Eastern.

Among the 12 schools in Floyd County School District, Prestonsburg Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of 713 students in the 2022-23 school year.

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.

Data also shows that between 2019 and 2023, there was an increase of 260% in the number of available teaching posts in Kentucky schools. This often leads to larger class sizes, combining programs, and retaining staff despite potential negative impacts on teacher working conditions.

School Name	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Prestonsburg Elementary School	719	713	-0.8%
Betsy Layne Elementary School	714	700	-2%
South Floyd Elementary School	659	685	3.9%
Floyd Central High School	690	675	-2.2%
Prestonsburg High School	591	595	0.7%
Allen Elementary School	522	536	2.7%
Duff-Allen Central Elementary School	635	508	-25%
May Valley Elementary School	356	482	35.4%
Betsy Layne High School	436	474	8.7%
Renaissance Learning Center	672	406	-65.5%
James D. Adams Middle School	347	345	-0.6%
John M. Stumbo Elementary School	313	333	6.4%