North Bluegrass News

The majority of students in Scott County schools were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of the 9,496 students attending Scott County schools, 78.3% were white. Hispanic or Latino students were the second most represented ethnicity, making up 9.8%.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Scott County schools, representing 77.4% of the student body.

Georgetown Middle School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, which included 67.4% white students, 13.5% African American students, 11.3% Hispanic or Latino students, 6.5% multiracial students, 1% American Indian or Alaska Native students, and 0.4% Asian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in schools in the county increased by 18.1% compared to the previous year.

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	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Scott County High School	White	82.1%	1,896
Royal Spring Middle School	White	78.1%	953
Scott County Middle School	White	85.8%	850
Lemons Mill Elementary School	White	74.6%	773
Anne Mason Elementary School	White	69.4%	660
Western Elementary School	White	77.2%	657
Southern Elementary School	White	72.1%	628
Eastern Elementary School	White	75.3%	572
Georgetown Middle School	White	67.4%	524
Garth Elementary School	White	78.6%	482
Northern Elementary School	White	93.8%	450
Stamping Ground Elementary School	White	87%	438
Scott County Preschool	White	73%	433
Phoenix Horizon Community	White	72.2%	180