NW Kentucky News

There were 528 first grade students enrolled in Hopkins County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.1% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Hanson Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 80 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Hanson Elementary School	80	17.5%	456
Pride Elementary School	76	14.6%	520
West Broadway Elementary School	76	18.5%	411
Southside Elementary School	64	15.5%	413
Grapevine Elementary School	58	13.4%	434
Earlington Elementary School	48	15.9%	301
Jesse Stuart Elementary School	47	11.5%	408
Dawson Springs Elementary School	44	13.9%	317
West Hopkins School	35	9%	387