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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHRISTIAN COUNTY·NCES 210115000221

Christian County Middle School

215 Glass Ave, Hopkinsville, KY 42240 · (270) 887-7070 · Christian County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL845 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Kentucky public middle schools
  • CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public middle schools

Enrollment
845
Middle
DISTRICT 793 · STATE 558
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
587 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 630836%
Grade 726531%
Grade 827232%
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 47% · US 70%
White
41549%
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 71% · US 43%
Hispanic
648%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 10% · US 30%
Black
28133%
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 11% · US 15%
Asian
30%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
809%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
44953%
Female
39647%

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Test scores

KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/Distinguished
English Language Arts
44.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
31.7%
KY avg 42.8%

What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.

Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Christian County Middle School

Christian County Middle School's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Christian County Middle School this school84569.5%34.5%
Hopkinsville Middle School
Hopkinsville
74169.0%32.3%
Farnsley Middle
Louisville
91968.7%26.8%
Paducah Middle School
Paducah
63260.8%36.6%
Conway Middle
Louisville
67867.8%12.1%
North Middle School
Radcliff
56760.5%27.7%
Matched among Kentucky middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Christian County Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Kentucky
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
34.5%#154 of 216
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
31.7%#163 of 216
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
44.3%#124 of 217
Enrollment
ranked largest first
845#26 of 221
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
19.0:1#197 of 210
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
63.4%#39 of 210
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
69.5%#40 of 219
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+24.1%#12 of 49
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
845
+138 (+20%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 743
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 19.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2584544.519.0:169% (587)
2023-2460640.515.0:171% (429)
2022-2365037.517.3:169% (449)
2020-217073719.1:171% (501)
2017-186813618.9:173% (499)
2015-167064017.6:176% (536)
2010-117855115.4:169% (542)
2000-017694716.4:182% (633)
1990-917434217.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Christian County Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students up 24% (681 to 845); teachers up 24% (36 to 44.5).

About Christian County Middle School

Christian County Middle School is a large middle school that serves part of Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Total enrollment is 845 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. Middle schools in Kentucky have about 558 students on average; enrollment here is 51% higher.

The district, Christian County, has 8,682 students enrolled across 18 schools.

White students make up 49% of enrollment at Christian County Middle School, the largest share of any group. Next come 33% Black, 9% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. That compares with about 67% White among all Christian County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.

Its staff includes 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 19.0 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Kentucky, the average ratio is 15.8:1. Christian County Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 69%. That is in line with the 69% average for public schools in Christian County.

Among Kentucky public middle schools, Christian County Middle School outscored 35%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.

The BeatsExpectations prediction for Christian County Middle School is 39.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 34.5%.

Looking at the county, Christian County, median household income comes to about $55,494, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The county has 20 public schools and about 8,682 students.

Among nearby public schools, Christian County High School is closest at about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Christian County Middle School comes in 3rd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.

Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

The school grew from 707 students in 2020-21 to 845 in 2024-25.

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Christian County at a glance

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Population
72,069
Census ACS
Median income
$55,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
8,682 students

Quick facts

School name
Christian County Middle School
District
Christian County
Address
215 Glass Ave, Hopkinsville, KY 42240
Phone
(270) 887-7070
County
Christian County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
845
Teachers (FTE)
45
Student–teacher ratio
19.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
587 (69%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
210115000221
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Christian County
Other schools in Hopkinsville
Nearby schools

Frequently asked questions

About Christian County Middle School
How large is Christian County Middle School?
Christian County Middle School enrolls approximately 845 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Christian County Middle School serve?
Christian County Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Christian County Middle School?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at Christian County Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Christian County Middle School?
Student demographics at Christian County Middle School are roughly 49% White, 8% Hispanic, 33% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Christian County Middle School?
Christian County Middle School is overseen by Christian County in Christian County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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