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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic or Latino students comprised 5.1% of Anderson County's student body in 2022-23 school year

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KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education

KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education

There were 201 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Anderson County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 11% increase from the 181 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Anderson County welcomed a total of 3,944 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 5.1% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the six schools in Anderson County, Anderson County High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 64 students, making up 5.2% 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.

Ethnicities in Anderson County in 2022-23 School Year
White [88.2%]Hispanic or Latino [5.1%]Ethnicities with <5% [6.7%]

Enrollment in Anderson County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic or Latino Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
Anderson County High School5.2%1,229
Robert B. Turner Elementary School2.5%557
Anderson County Middle School5.7%854
Saffell Street Elementary School7.5%428
Emma B. Ward Elementary School4.8%484
Ezra Sparrow Early Childhood Center4.8%392

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