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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic or Latino students comprised 3.3% of Muhlenberg County's student body 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 164 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Muhlenberg County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 3.8% increase from the 158 Hispanic or Latino 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, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 3.3% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the nine schools in Muhlenberg County, Muhlenberg County High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 41 students, making up 3.3% 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.

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 Hispanic or Latino Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
Bremen Elementary School3.4%409
Muhlenberg South Elementary School1.5%607
Central City Elementary School5.9%478
The Renaissance Center4.4%183
Greenville Elementary School2.7%640
Muhlenberg South Middle School2.6%459
Longest Elementary School3.6%421
Muhlenberg North Middle School3.7%542
Muhlenberg County High School3.3%1,244

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