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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic or Latino students comprised 3.4% of Metcalfe County's student body 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

There were 52 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Metcalfe County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 6.1% increase from the 49 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Metcalfe County welcomed a total of 1,548 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 3.4% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the three schools in Metcalfe County, Metcalfe County Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 22 students, making up 3.2% 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.

Ethnicities in Metcalfe County in 2022-23 School Year
White [94.5%]Ethnicities with <5% [5.5%]

Enrollment in Metcalfe County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic or Latino Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
Metcalfe County Middle School4.2%383
Metcalfe County High School3%474
Metcalfe County Elementary School3.2%691

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