KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education
KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education
Of the 3,528 students attending Marion County schools, 83.8% were white. African American students were the second most represented ethnicity, making up 7.3%.
In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Marion County schools, representing 80.1% of the student body.
Lebanon Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, which included 63.2% white students, 13.7% Hispanic or Latino students, 11.8% African American students, 8.9% multiracial students, and 2% Asian students.
In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in schools in the county dropped to 1.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion County High School | White | 87.6% | 718 |
| Glasscock Elementary School | White | 76.2% | 525 |
| Marion County Knight Academy | White | 84.7% | 516 |
| Marion County Middle School | White | 86.6% | 507 |
| West Marion Elementary School | White | 97.6% | 498 |
| Lebanon Elementary School | White | 63.2% | 459 |
| Calvary Elementary School | White | 93% | 243 |
| Hugh C. Spalding Academy | White | 80.6% | 62 |
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