Hopkinsville Times

There were 333 preschool students enrolled in Christian County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 7.1% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Freedom Elementary School and Pembroke Elementary School welcomed most of the preschool students in the county, registering 62 students.

Within Christian County schools, the highest student population was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in preschool.

Statewide, Christian County ranked 16th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 16th 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 Preschool Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Freedom Elementary School	62	9.2%	671
Pembroke Elementary School	62	8%	779
South Christian Elementary School	51	6.9%	742
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School	47	7.1%	666
Indian Hills Elementary School	42	6.5%	648
Sinking Fork Elementary School	36	7.6%	472
Crofton Elementary School	33	7.3%	450