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Barren 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 Barren County schools were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of the 9,634 students attending Barren County schools, 81.8% were white. Hispanic or Latino students were the second most represented ethnicity, making up 6.8%.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Barren County schools, representing 79.7% of the student body.

Caverna High School 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 increased by 2.7% 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 Barren County in 2022-23 School Year
White [81.8%]Hispanic or Latino [6.8%]Multiracial [5.4%]African American [5.3%]Ethnicities with <5% [0.6%]

Students' Most Prevalent Ethnicity Percentage in Barren County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
SchoolMost PrevalentPercent of Total Student BodyTotal Enrollment
Barren County High SchoolWhite92%1,419
Highland Elementary SchoolWhite67.5%824
Barren County Middle SchoolWhite91.3%815
Red Cross Elementary SchoolWhite88%773
South Green Elementary SchoolWhite62.1%660
North Jackson Elementary SchoolWhite90.6%598
Park City Elementary SchoolWhite84.2%494
Eastern Elementary SchoolWhite93.5%445
Caverna Elementary SchoolWhite73.9%441
Temple Hill Elementary SchoolWhite86.1%337
BAVELWhite88.1%319
Austin Tracy Elementary SchoolWhite93.7%301
Hiseville Elementary SchoolWhite92%299
Caverna High SchoolWhite192.8%236
Caverna Middle SchoolWhite76.6%167
College Street CampusWhite89.6%144
Success AcademyWhite65.2%115
Happy Valley Learning CenterWhite59.6%47

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