Elizabethtown Times

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

Of the 3,161 students attending Breckinridge County schools, 90.2% were white. Multiracial students were the second most represented ethnicity, making up 3.8%.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Breckinridge County schools, representing 89.8% of the student body.

Hardinsburg Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, which included 86.7% white students, 6.3% multiracial students, 3.7% African American students, 2.2% Hispanic or Latino students, 1% Asian students, and 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in schools in the county increased by 7.2% 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
Breckinridge County High School	White	91.3%	964
Breckinridge County Middle School	White	90.9%	673
Hardinsburg Elementary School	White	86.7%	511
Irvington Elementary School	White	88.2%	500
Ben Johnson Elementary School	White	95.6%	271
Custer Elementary School	White	88.8%	242