East Louisville News

There were 314 African American students enrolled in Oldham County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 3% increase from the 305 African American students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Oldham County welcomed a total of 12,901 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 2.4% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Oldham County, Oldham County High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 37 students, making up 2.1% 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.

School name	% of African American Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Camden Station Elementary School	4.6%	526
Buckner Elementary School	1.3%	667
Centerfield Elementary School	2.9%	544
North Oldham High School	1.4%	1,014
Kenwood Station Elementary School	3.6%	668
Harmony Elementary School	0.9%	652
East Oldham Middle School	1.4%	636
Crestwood Elementary School	3.8%	574
Goshen at Hillcrest Elementary School	1.4%	659
Locust Grove Elementary School	2.4%	619
Lagrange Elementary School	3%	493
Oldham County High School	2.1%	1,723
Oldham County Middle School	3%	745
Buckner Alternative High School	9.6%	94
South Oldham Middle School	4.1%	861
South Oldham High School	2.5%	1,381
Oldham County Preschool	1.7%	241
North Oldham Middle School	1.2%	804