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There were 260 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Laurel 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 260 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Laurel County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 4.8% decrease from the 273 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Laurel County welcomed a total of 10,399 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 Laurel County, South Laurel Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 41 students, making up 3.9% 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 Laurel County in 2022-23 School Year
White [93.8%]Ethnicities with <5% [6%]

Enrollment in Laurel County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic or Latino Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
East Bernstadt Elementary School0.7%538
London Elementary School5%603
McDaniel Learning Center1.1%89
Wyan-Pine Grove Elementary School5.1%471
Bush Elementary School1.4%559
South Laurel Middle School3.9%1,057
Laurel County Day Treatment0.9%222
Camp Ground Elementary School1.2%345
Colony Elementary School2.6%424
Hazel Green Elementary School2.5%398
Johnson Elementary School2.8%359
Hunter Hills Elementary School3.6%659
Keavy Elementary School2.5%318
North Laurel Middle School1.7%1,089
North Laurel High School2.2%1,385
South Laurel High School2%1,222
Sublimity Elementary School1.1%351
Cold Hill Elementary School2%297

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