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There were 738 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Woodford County schools 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 738 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Woodford County schools in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Woodford County welcomed a total of 4,299 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 17.2% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the seven schools in Woodford County, Woodford County High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 229 students, making up 16.9% 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 Woodford County in 2022-23 School Year
White [72%]Hispanic or Latino [17.2%]Multiracial [5.9%]Ethnicities with <5% [4.8%]

Enrollment in Woodford County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic or Latino Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
Safe Harbor Academy10.6%47
Southside Elementary School11.1%624
Simmons Elementary School29.7%451
Woodford County High School16.9%1,355
Woodford County Middle School16%933
Huntertown Elementary School16.8%483
Northside Elementary School17.5%406

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