Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic or Latino students comprised 5.8% of Bullitt County's student body in 2022-23 school year

KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education

By NC Kentucky News

Jul 27, 2024

There were 795 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Bullitt County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 12.8% increase from the 705 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Bullitt County welcomed a total of 13,741 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 5.8% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 24 schools in Bullitt County, North Bullitt High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 110 students, making up 9.1% 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 Bullitt County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment in Bullitt County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of Hispanic or Latino Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Bernheim Middle School	3%	464
Freedom Elementary School	6.8%	620
Zoneton Middle School	11.5%	382
Shepherdsville Elementary School	6.3%	571
Eastside Middle School	3.1%	699
Brooks Elementary School	12%	510
Bullitt Central High School	4.1%	1,453
Bullitt East High School	3.4%	1,627
Bullitt Lick Middle School	6.4%	503
Cedar Grove Elementary School	2.9%	445
Hebron Middle School	10%	560
Lebanon Junction Elementary School	6.1%	378
Spring Meadows	8%	25
Maryville Elementary School	6.6%	380
Mt. Washington Middle School	5.3%	509
Mt. Washington Elementary School	2.7%	628
Crossroads Elementary School	6.3%	504
Pleasant Grove Elementary School	4.1%	630
Nichols Elementary School	4.6%	109
North Bullitt High School	9.1%	1,211
Old Mill Elementary School	3.5%	545
Overdale Elementary School	11.8%	373
Roby Elementary School	5.4%	496
Bullitt Alternative Center	2.5%	119