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Caldwell County Education: 55 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 55 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Caldwell County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 31% increase from the 42 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Caldwell County welcomed a total of 2,015 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 2.7% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the four schools in Caldwell County, Caldwell County Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 19 students, making up 4.2% 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 Caldwell County in 2022-23 School Year
White [83.3%]Multiracial [7.4%]African American [5.8%]Ethnicities with <5% [3.4%]

Enrollment in Caldwell County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic or Latino Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
Caldwell County High School2.3%572
Caldwell County Middle School4.2%455
Caldwell County Primary School2.5%568
Caldwell County Elementary School2.1%420

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