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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic or Latino students comprised 1.5% of Floyd County's student body 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 95 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Floyd County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 5% decrease from the 100 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Floyd County welcomed a total of 6,452 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 1.5% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 12 schools in Floyd County, Prestonsburg Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 19 students, making up 2.7% 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.

Enrollment in Floyd County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic or Latino Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
Duff-Allen Central Elementary School1.8%508
Prestonsburg Elementary School2.7%713
Allen Elementary School1.3%536
May Valley Elementary School1.7%482
South Floyd Elementary School1%685
Renaissance Learning Center0.7%406
Betsy Layne High School1.3%474
Floyd Central High School1.2%675
Betsy Layne Elementary School0.7%700
James D. Adams Middle School1.7%345
John M. Stumbo Elementary School1.5%333
Prestonsburg High School2%595

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