How many Asian students were enrolled in Kenton County schools in 2022-23 school year?

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

By North Kentucky News

Jul 18, 2024

There were 280 Asian students enrolled in Kenton County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 1.1% increase from the 277 Asian students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Kenton County welcomed a total of 24,224 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 1.2% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 33 schools in Kenton County, River Ridge Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 96 students, making up 9.4% 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 Kenton County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment in Kenton County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of Asian Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Beechwood Elementary School	2.2%	768
Beechwood High School	1.9%	743
Glenn O. Swing Elementary School	0.2%	440
Sixth District Elementary School	0.4%	493
Lindeman Elementary School	0.3%	321
Howell Elementary School	0.6%	327
Early Learning Center	2.6%	38
Tichenor Middle School	0.3%	594
Beechgrove Elementary School	0.7%	707
River Ridge Elementary School	9.4%	1,023
James A. Caywood Elementary School	0.7%	584
Dixie Heights High School	2.3%	1,617
R. C. Hinsdale Elementary School	1.2%	575
Kenton Elementary School	0.6%	677
Ft Wright Elementary School	0.4%	512
Piner Elementary School	0.3%	330
Simon Kenton High School	0.7%	1,934
Taylor Mill Elementary School	0.2%	531
Turkey Foot Middle School	3.9%	1,081
Twenhofel Middle School	0.2%	870
Woodland Middle School	1.1%	648
Scott High School	0.8%	1,107
Summit View Academy	0.1%	1,508
White's Tower Elementary School	0.5%	666
Mary A. Goetz Elementary School	0.6%	487
Ludlow High School	0.3%	387