NW Kentucky News

There were 492 fifth grade students enrolled in Hopkins County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 9.7% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Hanson Elementary School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 78 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Hanson Elementary School	78	17.1%	456
Pride Elementary School	73	14%	520
Grapevine Elementary School	66	15.2%	434
West Broadway Elementary School	58	14.1%	411
Jesse Stuart Elementary School	51	12.5%	408
Southside Elementary School	48	11.6%	413
Earlington Elementary School	43	14.3%	301
West Hopkins School	38	9.8%	387
Dawson Springs Elementary School	37	11.7%	317