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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic or Latino students comprised 9.5% of Christian 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 974 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Christian County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 14.9% increase from the 848 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Christian County welcomed a total of 10,267 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 9.5% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in Christian County, Pembroke Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 145 students, making up 18.6% 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 Christian County in 2022-23 School Year
White [48.4%]African American [32.5%]Hispanic or Latino [9.5%]Multiracial [8.5%]Ethnicities with <5% [0.8%]

Enrollment in Christian County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic or Latino Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
Christian County Public Schools Virtual Learning Academy10.9%238
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School9.9%666
Cumberland Hall School5.5%691
Freedom Elementary School7.2%671
Christian County High School9.3%1,305
Christian County Middle School7.1%705
Crofton Elementary School3.3%450
Hopkinsville High School12.1%1,071
Indian Hills Elementary School12.8%648
Hopkinsville Middle School9.5%620
Bluegrass Learning Academy5.6%426
Millbrooke Elementary School6.9%743
Pembroke Elementary School18.6%779
Sinking Fork Elementary School6.6%472
South Christian Elementary School11.5%742
Christian County Day Treatment2.5%40

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