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How many Hispanic or Latino students were enrolled in Bell 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 59 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Bell County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 1.7% increase from the 58 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Bell County welcomed a total of 4,652 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 1.3% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 11 schools in Bell County, Middlesboro Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 12 students, making up 2.4% 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 Bell County in 2022-23 School Year
White [92.7%]Ethnicities with <5% [7.2%]

Enrollment in Bell County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic or Latino Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
Bell Central School Center1.1%536
Page School Center0.3%320
Bell County High School0.5%740
Frakes School Center0.8%118
Lone Jack School Center0.9%229
Right Fork School Center0.6%170
Yellow Creek School Center1.3%636
Middlesboro Alternative School4.5%44
Middlesboro Elementary School2.4%496
Middlesboro Group Home School13.3%30
Middlesboro Middle School1.3%317
Middlesboro High School1.6%375
Pineville Independent School1.2%641

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