NE Kentucky News

The majority of students in Rowan County schools were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of the 3,786 students attending Rowan County schools, 92.1% were white. Hispanic or Latino students were the second most represented ethnicity, making up 3.2%.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Rowan County schools, representing 92% of the student body.

McBrayer Elementary School, Rowan County Senior High School, and Rowan County Middle School had the most diverse student body in the county, which included African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, multiracial, and white.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in schools in the county increased by 1.1% compared to the previous year.

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	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Rowan County Senior High School	White	92.8%	1,009
Rowan County Middle School	White	91.1%	823
McBrayer Elementary School	White	91.5%	579
Rodburn Elementary School	White	90.8%	456
Clearfield Elementary School	White	97%	368
Tilden Hogge Elementary School	White	92.1%	239
Rowan County Preschool Center	White	94%	233
Bluegrass Discovery Academy High School	White	94.1%	34
Morehead Youth Development Center	White	46.2%	26
Bluegrass Discovery Academy Middle	White	94.7%	19