West Pennyroyal News

There were 10 American Indian or Alaskan Native students enrolled in Barren County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, 40% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that American Indian or Alaskan Native students made up less than 0.1% of the 9,367 students in Barren County during the 2022-23 school year, making them the least represented ethnicity in the county school districts.

Among the three school districts in Barren County, Barren County School District recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian or Alaskan Native students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of four students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in this article are located in cities associated with Barren County.

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.

District	% of american indian or alaskan native students enrolment	Total enrollment
Glasgow Independent School District	< 0.1	2,713
Caverna Independent School District	< 0.1	844
Barren County School District	< 0.1	5,810