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How many Hispanic students were enrolled in Boyd County districts 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 159 Hispanic students enrolled in Boyd County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, 35.8% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Hispanic students made up 2.1% of the 7,645 students in Boyd County during the 2022-23 school year, making them the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county school districts.

Among the three school districts in Boyd County, Ashland Independent School District recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 105 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in this article are located in cities associated with Boyd County.

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.

Enrollment Demographics in Boyd County Districts During 2022-23 School Year
District% of hispanic students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Ashland Independent School District3.13,434
Boyd County School District1.43,418
Fairview Independent School District< 0.1793

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