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There were 401 seventh grade students enrolled in Clark County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 19.3% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Robert D. Campbell Jr. High School welcomed most of the seventh grade students in the county, registering 397 students.

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

Statewide, Clark County ranked 30th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 30th 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 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Robert D. Campbell Jr. High School	397	45.6%	871
Phoenix Academy	4	3.6%	111