Hopkinsville Times

There were 726 kindergarten students enrolled in Christian County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.2% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Pembroke Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 115 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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Pembroke Elementary School	115	14.8%	779
Freedom Elementary School	104	15.5%	671
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School	101	15.2%	666
South Christian Elementary School	101	13.6%	742
Indian Hills Elementary School	99	15.3%	648
Millbrooke Elementary School	93	12.5%	743
Crofton Elementary School	56	12.4%	450
Sinking Fork Elementary School	47	10%	472
Cumberland Hall School	10	1.4%	691