Jackson Purchase News

There were 57 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Livingston County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 10.9% decrease from the 64 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Livingston County welcomed a total of 1,169 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 4.9% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the four schools in Livingston County, Livingston Central High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 20 students, making up 5.8% 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
North Livingston Elementary School	5.3%	152
South Livingston Elementary School	4.2%	400
Livingston Central High School	5.8%	347
Livingston County Middle School	4.4%	270