NW Kentucky News

There were 109 African American students enrolled in Muhlenberg County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 25.3% increase from the 87 African American students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Muhlenberg County welcomed a total of 4,983 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 2.2% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the nine schools in Muhlenberg County, two schools recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 27 students.

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 African American Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Muhlenberg South Elementary School	1.2%	607
Central City Elementary School	3.1%	478
The Renaissance Center	2.2%	183
Greenville Elementary School	4.2%	640
Muhlenberg South Middle School	3.1%	459
Longest Elementary School	1%	421
Muhlenberg North Middle School	2%	542
Muhlenberg County High School	2.2%	1,244