Hopkinsville Times

There were 785 first grade students enrolled in Christian County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.8% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

South Christian Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 134 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
South Christian Elementary School	134	18.1%	742
Pembroke Elementary School	120	15.4%	779
Millbrooke Elementary School	113	15.2%	743
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School	97	14.6%	666
Freedom Elementary School	94	14%	671
Indian Hills Elementary School	81	12.5%	648
Crofton Elementary School	68	15.1%	450
Sinking Fork Elementary School	64	13.6%	472
Cumberland Hall School	14	2%	691