NW Kentucky News

There were 496 fourth grade students enrolled in Hopkins County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.4% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Hanson Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 75 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Hanson Elementary School	75	16.4%	456
West Broadway Elementary School	66	16.1%	411
Pride Elementary School	63	12.1%	520
Southside Elementary School	59	14.3%	413
Grapevine Elementary School	53	12.2%	434
West Hopkins School	49	12.7%	387
Dawson Springs Elementary School	46	14.5%	317
Earlington Elementary School	43	14.3%	301
Jesse Stuart Elementary School	42	10.3%	408