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There were 3 American Indian or Alaska Native students enrolled in Muhlenberg 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

There were three American Indian or Alaska Native students enrolled in Muhlenberg 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 Muhlenberg County welcomed a total of 4,983 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian or Alaska Native students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Muhlenberg County High School was the only school in the county which enrolled American Indian or Alaska Native students in the 2022-23 school 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 Muhlenberg County in 2022-23 School Year
White [89.5%]Ethnicities with <5% [10.5%]

Enrollment in Muhlenberg County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of American Indian or Alaska Native Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
Muhlenberg County High School0.2%1,244

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