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Allen County's schools' student body predominantly white in 2022-23 school year

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KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education

KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education

The majority of students in Allen County schools were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of the 3,320 students attending Allen County schools, 92.1% were white. Hispanic or Latino students were the second most represented ethnicity, making up 4%.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Allen County schools, representing 90.3% of the student body.

Allen County Intermediate Center had the most diverse student body in the county, which included African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, multiracial, and white.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in schools in the county dropped to 0.9% compared to the previous 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.

Ethnicities in Allen County in 2022-23 School Year
White [92.1%]Ethnicities with <5% [7.8%]

Students' Most Prevalent Ethnicity Percentage in Allen County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
SchoolMost PrevalentPercent of Total Student BodyTotal Enrollment
Allen County Primary CenterWhite90.4%1,103
Allen County-Scottsville High SchoolWhite93.7%974
Allen County Intermediate CenterWhite92.3%781
James E. Bazzell Middle SchoolWhite92.6%462

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