NW Kentucky News

There were 619 eighth grade students enrolled in Hopkins County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 7.7% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Browning Springs Middle School welcomed most of the eighth grade students in the county, registering 182 students.

Within Hopkins County schools, the highest student population was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in preschool.

Statewide, Hopkins County ranked 22nd in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 22nd the year before.

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	# of 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Browning Springs Middle School	182	33.8%	538
James Madison Middle School	179	33.9%	528
South Hopkins Middle School	143	36.1%	396
Dawson Springs Junior-Senior High School	46	15.6%	295
West Hopkins School	42	10.9%	387
Hopkins County Day Treatment	26	26%	100
Hopkins County Schools Academy	1	1%	96