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There were 814 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Jessamine County schools 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 814 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Jessamine County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 2.5% increase from the 794 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Jessamine County welcomed a total of 9,019 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 9% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 13 schools in Jessamine County, East Jessamine High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 124 students, making up 9.9% 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 Jessamine County in 2022-23 School Year
White [76.6%]Hispanic or Latino [9%]African American [6.7%]Multiracial [6%]Ethnicities with <5% [1.4%]

Enrollment in Jessamine County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic or Latino Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
Hattie C. Warner Elementary School7.7%573
West Jessamine High School8.7%1,364
East Jessamine High School9.9%1,254
Jessamine Early Learning Village9.9%956
The Providence School7.7%207
East Jessamine Middle School9.4%1,000
West Jessamine Middle School8.8%944
Ashgrove Academy3.8%26
Red Oak Elementary School8%552
Nicholasville Elementary School6.9%495
Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School11.8%566
Brookside Elementary School12.3%562
Wilmore Elementary School4.8%520

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