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There were 167 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Washington County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 2.5% increase from the 163 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Washington County welcomed a total of 1,906 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 8.8% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the five schools in Washington County, Washington County Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 68 students, making up 14% 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
Commander Academy	2.6%	77
North Washington Elementary School	3.4%	585
Washington County Middle School	14.6%	213
Washington County High School	8.5%	544
Washington County Elementary School	14%	487