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342 African American students enrolled in Bullitt County School District in 2022-23 school year

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​Robbie Fletcher, E​d.D.​Kentucky Commissioner of education | https://www.education.ky.gov/CommOfEd/Pages/KDE-Leadership-Team.aspx

​Robbie Fletcher, E​d.D.​Kentucky Commissioner of education | https://www.education.ky.gov/CommOfEd/Pages/KDE-Leadership-Team.aspx

There were 342 African American students enrolled in Bullitt County School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 37.9% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Bullitt County School District welcomed 13,519 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 2.5% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the district.

Bullitt County School District roughly covers 24 schools within Bullitt County and has a main office in Shepherdsville.

Among the 24 schools in Bullitt County School District, Freedom Elementary School and North Bullitt High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 36 students.

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.

Data also shows that between 2019 and 2023, there was an increase of 260% in the number of available teaching posts in Kentucky schools. This often leads to larger class sizes, combining programs, and retaining staff despite potential negative impacts on teacher working conditions.

Ethnicities in Bullitt County School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [86.3%]Hispanic or Latino [5.8%]Ethnities with <5% [7.7%]
Enrollment in Bullitt County School District During the Last 4 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal African American StudentsAfrican American %
2022-2313,5193422.5%
2021-2213,4222481.8%
2020-2113,3851961.5%
2019-2013,7281961.4%

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