NW Kentucky News

There were 51 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Hancock County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 2% increase from the 50 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Hancock County welcomed a total of 1,681 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 3% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the five schools in Hancock County, North Hancock Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 22 students, making up 4.2% 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.

School name	% of Hispanic or Latino Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Hancock County High School	1.4%	515
North Hancock Elementary School	4.2%	530
Hancock County Middle School	4.2%	356
Hancock County Alternative Program	11.4%	35
South Hancock Elementary School	1.2%	245