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Enrollment Analysis: Multiracial students comprised 4.3% 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 216 multiracial students enrolled in Muhlenberg County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 14.9% increase from the 188 multiracial 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, multiracial students comprised 4.3% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the nine schools in Muhlenberg County, Muhlenberg County High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 46 students, making up 3.7% 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 Multiracial Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
Bremen Elementary School3.9%409
Muhlenberg South Elementary School4%607
Central City Elementary School6.3%478
The Renaissance Center5.5%183
Greenville Elementary School5%640
Muhlenberg South Middle School3.5%459
Longest Elementary School4.3%421
Muhlenberg North Middle School4.4%542
Muhlenberg County High School3.7%1,244

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