East Louisville News

The majority of students in Henry County schools were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of the 3,596 students attending Henry County schools, 84.7% were white. Hispanic or Latino students were the second most represented ethnicity, making up 6.5%.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Henry County schools, representing 83.7% of the student body.

Eminence High School and Eminence Elementary School had the most diverse student body in the county, which included African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, multiracial, white, and American Indian or Alaska Native.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in schools in the county increased by 9.4% 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.

School	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Henry County High School	White	91.1%	752
Henry County Middle School	White	89.9%	496
Eminence Elementary School	White	74%	462
Eminence High School	White	79.2%	442
New Castle Elementary School	White	86.8%	393
Bluegrass Challenge Academy	White	70.1%	321
Henry County Early Childhood	White	85.6%	139