NW Kentucky News

There were 533 third grade students enrolled in Hopkins County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.8% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Pride Elementary School welcomed most of the third grade students in the county, registering 93 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 3rd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Pride Elementary School	93	17.9%	520
Hanson Elementary School	79	17.3%	456
Southside Elementary School	65	15.7%	413
West Broadway Elementary School	63	15.3%	411
Earlington Elementary School	58	19.3%	301
Jesse Stuart Elementary School	51	12.5%	408
Grapevine Elementary School	51	11.8%	434
West Hopkins School	40	10.3%	387
Dawson Springs Elementary School	33	10.4%	317