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How many Hispanic students were enrolled in Oldham County's only district 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 873 Hispanic students enrolled in Oldham County's only school district in the 2022-23 school year, 21.4% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Hispanic students made up 6.7% of the 13,120 students in Oldham County during the 2022-23 school year, making them the second most represented ethnicity in the county school district.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in this article are located in cities associated with Oldham County.

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.

Enrollment Demographics in Oldham County District During 2022-23 School Year
District% of hispanic students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Oldham County School District6.713,120

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