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2022-23 School Year: What was most represented ethnicity in Union 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

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

Of the 2,361 students attending Union County schools, 85.6% were white. African American students were the second most represented ethnicity, making up 7.4%.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Union County schools, representing 85.6% of the student body.

Union County High School and Uniontown Elementary 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 6.5% 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.

Ethnicities in Union County in 2022-23 School Year
White [85.6%]African American [7.4%]Multiracial [5.4%]Ethnicities with <5% [1.6%]

Students' Most Prevalent Ethnicity Percentage in Union County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
SchoolMost PrevalentPercent of Total Student BodyTotal Enrollment
Union County High SchoolWhite85.2%716
Union County Middle SchoolWhite86.5%475
Sturgis Elementary SchoolWhite93.7%415
Morganfield Elementary SchoolWhite76.1%397
Uniontown Elementary SchoolWhite88.5%200
Union County Preschool and HeadstartWhite81.8%132
Union County Learning AcademyWhite88.5%26

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