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How many African American students were enrolled in Leslie 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 seven African American students enrolled in Leslie County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 41.7% decrease from the 12 African American students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Leslie County welcomed a total of 1,798 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 0.4% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the five schools in Leslie County, two schools recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of three students.

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 Leslie County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of African American Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
Mountain View Elementary School0.5%551
Leslie County High School0.6%503
Stinnett Elementary School0.3%357

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