NW Kentucky News

The majority of students in Ohio County schools were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of the 4,885 students attending Ohio County schools, 89.3% were white. Hispanic or Latino students were the second most represented ethnicity, making up 7.8%.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Ohio County schools, representing 87.3% of the student body.

Ohio County Middle School had the most diverse student body in the county, which included African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, multiracial, and white.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in schools in the county increased by 10.2% compared to the previous year.

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	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Ohio County High School	White	89.6%	1,263
Wayland Alexander Elementary School	White	92.6%	814
Beaver Dam Elementary School	White	76.3%	722
Ohio County Middle School	White	91%	703
Southern Elementary School	White	93.4%	350
Western Elementary School	White	90.9%	350
Fordsville Elementary School	White	94.2%	310
Horse Branch Elementary School	White	95.8%	260
Ohio County Alternative Learning Program	White	93.8%	64
Ohio County Day Treatment	White	83.7%	49