North Bluegrass News

There were 1,185 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Scott County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 5% increase from the 1,129 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Scott County welcomed a total of 10,623 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 11.2% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in Scott County, Great Crossing High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 240 students, making up 13% 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
Phoenix Horizon Community	16.6%	169
Eastern Elementary School	4.8%	484
Anne Mason Elementary School	9.5%	444
Royal Spring Middle School	10.1%	771
Lemons Mill Elementary School	12.1%	544
Garth Elementary School	9.1%	406
Georgetown Middle School	15.3%	693
Scott County Preschool	12.5%	383
Great Crossing High School	13%	1,853
Creekside Elementary School	16.3%	595
Northern Elementary School	3.5%	479
Scott County High School	10.7%	1,281
Stamping Ground Elementary School	2.9%	413
Scott County Middle School	10.2%	898
Southern Elementary School	10.5%	561
Western Elementary School	15.9%	649