East Louisville News

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

Of the 13,218 students attending Oldham County schools, 84.7% were white. Hispanic or Latino students were the second most represented ethnicity, making up 6.7%.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Oldham County schools, representing 83.2% of the student body.

Lagrange Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, which included 70.1% white students, 21.3% Hispanic or Latino students, 5.9% multiracial students, 2.5% African American students, and 0.2% Asian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in schools in the county increased by 1.9% 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
Oldham County High School	White	83.9%	1,703
South Oldham High School	White	86.6%	1,361
North Oldham High School	White	88%	1,054
North Oldham Middle School	White	87.2%	852
Oldham County Middle School	White	81.1%	837
South Oldham Middle School	White	85.2%	816
Locust Grove Elementary School	White	85.2%	798
East Oldham Middle School	White	88.8%	699
Goshen at Hillcrest Elementary School	White	81.5%	686
Kenwood Station Elementary School	White	87.8%	682
Harmony Elementary School	White	90%	678
Crestwood Elementary School	White	80%	595
Buckner Elementary School	White	90.7%	550
Centerfield Elementary School	White	84.6%	527
Camden Station Elementary School	White	84.1%	522
Lagrange Elementary School	White	70.1%	488
Oldham County Preschool	White	74.5%	286
Buckner Alternative High School	White	76.2%	84