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Enrollment Analysis: American Indian or Alaskan Native students comprised less than 0.1% of Harlan County’s districts 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 two American Indian or Alaskan Native students enrolled in Harlan County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as in the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that American Indian or Alaskan Native students made up less than 0.1% of the 5,152 students in Harlan County during the 2022-23 school year, making them the least represented ethnicity in the county school districts.

Both school districts in Harlan County enrolled two American Indian or Alaskan Native students in the 2022-23 school year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in this article are located in cities associated with Harlan County.

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.

Enrollment Demographics in Harlan County Districts During 2022-23 School Year
District% of american indian or alaskan native students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Harlan Independent School District< 0.1857
Harlan County School District< 0.14,295

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