There were 655 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Bourbon County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 4.8% increase from the 625 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.
Data showed that Bourbon County welcomed a total of 3,862 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 17% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the eight schools in Bourbon County, Bourbon County High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 173 students, making up 18.9% 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.
| School name | % of Hispanic or Latino Students Enrolment | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Bourbon Central Elementary School | 19.1% | 518 |
| Bourbon County Preschool Headstart | 17.8% | 241 |
| Cane Ridge Elementary School | 11.4% | 502 |
| North Middletown Elementary School | 11.5% | 156 |
| Bourbon County High School | 18.9% | 917 |
| Bourbon County Middle School | 19.5% | 697 |
| Paris Elementary School | 13.3% | 338 |
| Paris High School | 15.4% | 234 |
| Paris Middle School | 21.2% | 170 |
| Paris Preschool Center | 13.5% | 89 |
