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Breathitt County Education: 8 Asian students were enrolled 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 eight Asian students enrolled in Breathitt County schools in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Breathitt County welcomed a total of 2,553 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 0.3% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the seven schools in Breathitt County, Jackson City School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of four students, making up 1.1% 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 Breathitt County in 2022-23 School Year
White [93%]Ethnicities with <5% [6.9%]

Enrollment in Breathitt County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Asian Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
Breathitt County Day Treatment1.8%55
Breathitt County High School0.2%819
Sebastian Elementary School0.2%515
Jackson City School1.1%369

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