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Enrollment Analysis: Asian students comprised 5.2% of Fayette County School District's student body in 2022-23 school year

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​Robbie Fletcher, E​d.D.​Kentucky Commissioner of education | https://www.education.ky.gov/CommOfEd/Pages/KDE-Leadership-Team.aspx

​Robbie Fletcher, E​d.D.​Kentucky Commissioner of education | https://www.education.ky.gov/CommOfEd/Pages/KDE-Leadership-Team.aspx

There were 2,284 Asian students enrolled in Fayette County School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.9% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Fayette County School District welcomed 43,799 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 5.2% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the district.

Fayette County School District roughly covers 68 schools within Fayette County and has a main office in Lexington.

Among the 68 schools in Fayette County School District, Rosa Parks Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 190 students.

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.

Data also shows that between 2019 and 2023, there was an increase of 260% in the number of available teaching posts in Kentucky schools. This often leads to larger class sizes, combining programs, and retaining staff despite potential negative impacts on teacher working conditions.

Ethnicities in Fayette County School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [44.2%]African American [23.5%]Hispanic or Latino [20.2%]Multiracial [6.7%]Asian [5.2%]Ethnities with <5% [0.1%]
Enrollment in Fayette County School District During the Last 4 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal Asian StudentsAsian %
2022-2343,7992,2845.2%
2021-2243,8492,1995%
2020-2143,1822,1234.9%
2019-2044,4722,1924.9%

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