KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education
KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education
Of the 4,413 students attending Woodford County schools, 73.9% were white. Hispanic or Latino students were the second most represented ethnicity, making up 16.1%.
In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Woodford County schools, representing 72% of the student body.
Woodford County Middle School had the most diverse student body in the county, which included African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, multiracial, and white.
In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in schools in the county increased by 3.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodford County High School | White | 75.6% | 1,342 |
| Woodford County Middle School | White | 75.5% | 959 |
| Southside Elementary School | White | 80.8% | 656 |
| Simmons Elementary School | White | 53.4% | 487 |
| Huntertown Elementary School | White | 75.4% | 471 |
| Northside Elementary School | White | 75.7% | 408 |
| Safe Harbor Academy | White | 77.8% | 90 |
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