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Garrard County Education: 165 Hispanic or Latino students were enrolled 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 165 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Garrard County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 10.7% increase from the 149 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Garrard County welcomed a total of 2,829 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 5.8% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the five schools in Garrard County, Garrard County High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 69 students, making up 8% 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 Garrard County in 2022-23 School Year
White [86.5%]Hispanic or Latino [5.8%]Ethnicities with <5% [7.6%]

Enrollment in Garrard County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic or Latino Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
Camp Dick Robinson Elementary School3.8%506
Garrard County High School8%860
Garrard Middle School4.9%595
Paint Lick Elementary School5%343
Lancaster Elementary School5.9%525

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