Boone County Area Technology Center Education: 4 African American students were enrolled in 2022-23 school year

There were four African American students enrolled in Boone County Area Technology Center in the 2022-23 school year, 55.6% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Boone County Area Technology Center welcomed 187 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 2.1% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the school.

The school is located in Kentucky Technology System School District with a central office in Frankfort.

Among the 50 schools in Kentucky Technology System School District, Paducah Area Technology Center recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 142 students.

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.

Data also shows that between 2019 and 2023, there was an increase of 260% in the number of available teaching posts in Kentucky schools. This often leads to larger class sizes, combining programs, and retaining staff despite potential negative impacts on teacher working conditions.