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Owsley County Education: 16 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 16 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Owsley 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 Owsley County welcomed a total of 817 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 2% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Both schools in Owsley County enrolled eight Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school 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.

Enrollment in Owsley County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic or Latino Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
Owsley County Elementary School1.9%426
Owsley County High School2%391

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