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Daviess County Education: 1,781 Hispanic or Latino students were enrolled 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 1,781 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Daviess County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 8% increase from the 1,649 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Daviess County welcomed a total of 18,073 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 9.9% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 28 schools in Daviess County, Owensboro High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 176 students, making up 12.3% 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 Daviess County in 2022-23 School Year
White [70.7%]Hispanic or Latino [9.9%]Multiracial [7.6%]African American [7.1%]Ethnicities with <5% [4.6%]

Enrollment in Daviess County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic or Latino Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
Apollo High School10%1,545
Meadow Lands Elementary School10.2%509
East View Elementary School13.5%503
F. T. Burns Middle School11.5%771
Daviess County High School6%1,800
Southern Oaks Elementary School11.2%499
The Center for Academic Improvement6.6%211
Daviess County Middle School6.6%862
Highland Elementary School2%505
Deer Park Elementary School5.5%526
Sorgho Elementary School12.3%391
Audubon Elementary School4.3%421
Tamarack Elementary School7.7%601
West Louisville Elementary School10.4%365
Whitesville Elementary School2.6%388
F. T. Burns Elementary School15.3%535
Country Heights Elementary School4.6%496
College View Middle School7.4%919
Owensboro Day Treatment2.9%34
Valley High School6.8%176
Valley Elementary School3.3%301
Heritage Park High School12.4%218
Cravens Elementary School16.4%396
Emerson Academy5.8%138
Estes Elementary School20%511
Foust Elementary School23%473
Newton Parrish Elementary School8.5%599
Owensboro Innovation Middle School12.4%314
Owensboro Middle School16.7%879
Owensboro High School12.3%1,430
Sutton Elementary School6.2%583
Hager Preschool15.5%174

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