Hopkinsville Times

There were 974 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Christian County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 14.9% increase from the 848 Hispanic or Latino 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, Hispanic or Latino students comprised 9.5% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in Christian County, Pembroke Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 145 students, making up 18.6% 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 Hispanic or Latino Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Christian County Public Schools Virtual Learning Academy	10.9%	238
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School	9.9%	666
Cumberland Hall School	5.5%	691
Freedom Elementary School	7.2%	671
Christian County High School	9.3%	1,305
Christian County Middle School	7.1%	705
Crofton Elementary School	3.3%	450
Hopkinsville High School	12.1%	1,071
Indian Hills Elementary School	12.8%	648
Hopkinsville Middle School	9.5%	620
Bluegrass Learning Academy	5.6%	426
Millbrooke Elementary School	6.9%	743
Pembroke Elementary School	18.6%	779
Sinking Fork Elementary School	6.6%	472
South Christian Elementary School	11.5%	742
Christian County Day Treatment	2.5%	40