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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic or Latino students comprised 2.5% of Whitley County's 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 232 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Whitley County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 3.1% increase from the 225 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Whitley County welcomed a total of 9,116 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 2.5% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Whitley County, Corbin Primary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 47 students, making up 5.6% 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 Whitley County in 2022-23 School Year
White [94.4%]Ethnicities with <5% [5.5%]

Enrollment in Whitley County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic or Latino Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
Corbin Preschool6.1%148
Corbin Elementary School3.5%399
Corbin High School4.5%882
Corbin Middle School3.6%696
Corbin Primary School5.6%832
Corbin School of Innovation2.1%241
Colonel Academy1.7%178
Boston Elementary School1.9%215
Whitley Central Intermediate School1.6%495
Whitley County East Elementary School0.7%288
Whitley County Alternative School2.7%112
Oak Grove Elementary School1.2%762
Pleasant View Elementary School2.2%278
Whitley County North Elementary School1.9%368
Whitley County Central Primary School1.5%530
Whitley County High School1.6%1,067
Whitley County Middle School1.9%620
Williamsburg City School1.4%926

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