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2022-23 School Year: What was most represented ethnicity in Monroe County schools 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 Monroe County schools were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of the 2,063 students attending Monroe County schools, 87.5% were white. Hispanic or Latino students were the second most represented ethnicity, making up 8.1%.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Monroe County schools, representing 86.5% of the student body.

Monroe County Middle School and Monroe County 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 8.4% 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 Monroe County in 2022-23 School Year
White [87.5%]Hispanic or Latino [8.1%]Ethnicities with <5% [4.4%]

Students' Most Prevalent Ethnicity Percentage in Monroe County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
SchoolMost PrevalentPercent of Total Student BodyTotal Enrollment
Monroe County High SchoolWhite91.4%581
Tompkinsville Elementary SchoolWhite81.4%468
Monroe County Middle SchoolWhite85.6%452
Gamaliel Elementary SchoolWhite86.2%289
Joe Harrison CarterWhite94.1%273

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