East Louisville News

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

Of the 7,749 students attending Shelby County schools, 65.6% were white. Hispanic or Latino students were the second most represented ethnicity, making up 21.2%.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Shelby County schools, representing 61.8% of the student body.

Northside Early Childhood Center had the most even distribution of races among county schools, which included 52.3% white students, 32.2% Hispanic or Latino students, 7.9% African American students, 6.4% multiracial students, and 1.2% Asian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in schools in the county increased by 16.4% 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
Martha Layne Collins High School	White	66.9%	1,270
Shelby County High School	White	70.4%	1,084
Shelby County West Middle School	White	66.2%	861
Shelby County East Middle School	White	65.8%	770
Clear Creek Elementary School	White	65.2%	647
Simpsonville Elementary School	White	70.6%	582
Painted Stone Elementary School	White	56.5%	577
Heritage Elementary School	White	84.5%	547
Wright Elementary School	White	55.1%	534
Southside Elementary School	White	54.9%	510
Northside Early Childhood Center	White	52.3%	329
Ascension Academy	White	63.2%	38