Hopkinsville Times

There were 30 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Crittenden County schools in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Crittenden County welcomed a total of 1,445 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 2.1% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the four schools in Crittenden County, Crittenden County Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 19 students, making up 2.8% 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.

School name	% of Hispanic or Latino Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Crittenden County High School	0.9%	449
Crittenden County Middle School	2.3%	309
Crittenden County Elementary School	2.8%	681