Hopkinsville Times

There were 35 American Indian or Alaska Native students enrolled in Christian County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 5.4% decrease from the 37 American Indian or Alaska Native students in the previous school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Data showed that Christian County welcomed a total of 10,267 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian or Alaska Native students comprised 0.3% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in Christian County, Pembroke Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian or Alaska Native students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of seven students, making up 0.9% of the school's total student body.

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 name	% of American Indian or Alaska Native Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Freedom Elementary School	0.6%	671
Christian County High School	0.1%	1,305
Christian County Middle School	0.4%	705
Hopkinsville High School	0.5%	1,071
Indian Hills Elementary School	0.5%	648
Hopkinsville Middle School	0.2%	620
Bluegrass Learning Academy	0.5%	426
Millbrooke Elementary School	0.8%	743
Pembroke Elementary School	0.9%	779
South Christian Elementary School	0.4%	742