Hopkinsville Times

The majority of students in Christian County schools were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of the 10,886 students attending Christian County schools, 53.2% were white. African American students were the second most represented ethnicity, making up 32.4%.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Christian County schools, representing 49.4% of the student body.

Pembroke Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, which included 48.4% white students, 26.8% African American students, 13.4% Hispanic or Latino students, 10.7% multiracial students, 0.1% American Indian or Alaska Native students, and 0.1% Asian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in schools in the county increased by 10.4% compared to the previous year.

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	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Christian County High School	White	54.2%	1,361
Hopkinsville High School	White	53.7%	1,295
Pembroke Elementary School	White	48.4%	975
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School	African American	46%	845
South Christian Elementary School	White	51.3%	833
Freedom Elementary School	African American	51.2%	816
Millbrooke Elementary School	White	59.9%	813
Christian County Middle School	White	52.1%	746
Hopkinsville Middle School	White	49.3%	691
Indian Hills Elementary School	White	45%	626
Cumberland Hall School	White	83.7%	615
Sinking Fork Elementary School	White	56%	545
Crofton Elementary School	White	89.5%	468
Bluegrass Learning Academy	African American	48.3%	201
Christian County Day Treatment	White	46.4%	56