Hardin County Education: 1,928 Hispanic or Latino students were enrolled in 2022-23 school year

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

By Elizabethtown Times

Jul 26, 2024

There were 1,928 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Hardin County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 6.1% increase from the 1,818 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Hardin County welcomed a total of 20,271 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 9.5% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 28 schools in Hardin County, North Hardin High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 210 students, making up 11.4% 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 Hardin County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment in Hardin County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of Hispanic or Latino Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Elizabethtown High School	10.3%	885
Helmwood Heights Elementary School	7.3%	450
Morningside Elementary School	10.3%	507
Panther Academy	7.7%	248
Talton K. Stone Middle School	10.3%	583
Valley View Education Center	8.8%	80
East Hardin Middle School	7.6%	833
Woodland Elementary School	14.7%	612
John Hardin High School	10.6%	861
Lakewood Elementary School	4%	504
Bluegrass Middle School	12.1%	667
Creekside Elementary School	5.3%	489
Heartland Elementary School	7.5%	637
G. C. Burkhead Elementary School	9.7%	939
North Park Elementary School	11.6%	725
College View Campus	8.9%	818
Cecilia Valley Elementary School	6.3%	478
New Highland Elementary School	13.3%	587
Lincoln Trail Elementary School	4.8%	625
North Hardin High School	11.4%	1,839
James T. Alton Middle School	10.1%	726
Radcliff Elementary School	15.6%	495
North Middle School	15%	658
Rineyville Elementary School	11.4%	581
Vine Grove Elementary School	10.9%	571
West Hardin Middle School	7.1%	566
Hardin County Day Treatment Center	14.3%	28
Central Hardin High School	6.1%	2,050
Meadow View Elementary School	12.9%	573
Lincoln Trail Behavioral Health Systems	4.8%	646