NE Kentucky News

There were 147 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Rowan County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 11.4% increase from the 132 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Rowan County welcomed a total of 3,887 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 3.8% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 10 schools in Rowan County, Rowan County Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 37 students, making up 3.3% 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.

School name	% of Hispanic or Latino Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Clearfield Elementary School	5.4%	336
McBrayer Elementary School	3.5%	599
Rowan County Preschool Center	4.3%	208
Morehead Youth Development Center	2.2%	90
Rowan County Senior High School	3.3%	1,115
Tilden Hogge Elementary School	4.6%	237
Rowan County Middle School	3.9%	803
Rodburn Elementary School	4.2%	431