West Pennyroyal News

There were 833 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Barren County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 5.2% increase from the 792 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Barren County welcomed a total of 9,223 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 9% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Barren County, Highland Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 125 students, making up 15.3% of the school's total student body.

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 name	% of Hispanic or Latino Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Austin Tracy Elementary School	4.9%	366
College Street Campus	10.5%	86
BAVEL	5.1%	275
North Jackson Elementary School	4.1%	583
Barren County High School	6%	1,459
Eastern Elementary School	3.4%	378
Barren County Middle School	5.6%	698
Hiseville Elementary School	5.3%	322
Park City Elementary School	6.4%	436
Red Cross Elementary School	5%	753
Temple Hill Elementary School	11.7%	298
Caverna Elementary School	6.8%	354
Caverna Middle School	8.2%	147
Caverna High School	2.6%	233
Success Academy	20.4%	142
Highland Elementary School	15.3%	816
Happy Valley Learning Center	13%	54
Glasgow High School	13.5%	639
Glasgow Middle School	17.5%	589
South Green Elementary School	20%	595