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Which teacher or staff member at Hopkins County Central High School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
861
High
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOPKINS COUNTY·NCES 210286001473
Hopkins County Central High School
6625 Hopkinsville Rd, Madisonville, KY 42431 · (270) 825-6133 · Hopkins County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL861 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Kentucky public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
487 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 250 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 247 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 208 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 155 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 47% · US 70%
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
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
30.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
24.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Hopkins County Central High School
Hopkins County Central High School's state test result (21.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopkins County Central High School this school | 861 | 56.6% | 21.8% |
| Mason County High School Maysville | 877 | 58.7% | 32.0% |
| Paul G. Blazer High School Ashland | 821 | 54.1% | 46.7% |
| Mercer County Senior High School Harrodsburg | 748 | 56.4% | 49.5% |
| Garrard County High School Lancaster | 792 | 57.3% | 37.3% |
| LaRue County High School Hodgenville | 754 | 57.0% | 40.3% |
Matched among Kentucky high 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 Hopkins County Central High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #203 of 211 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #191 of 211 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #195 of 211 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 861 | #96 of 304 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #39 of 217 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.0% | #89 of 217 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.6% | #119 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #131 of 139 |
Ranked against other public high 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 2024-25Enrollment
861
+42 (+5%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 898
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 16.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 861 | 61 | 14.1:1 | 57% (487) |
| 2023-24 | 868 | 57 | 15.2:1 | 63% (547) |
| 2022-23 | 774 | 55.5 | 13.9:1 | 58% (446) |
| 2020-21 | 819 | 50 | 16.4:1 | 58% (471) |
| 2017-18 | 871 | 55.5 | 15.7:1 | 58% (501) |
| 2015-16 | 926 | 62 | 14.9:1 | 57% (524) |
| 2010-11 | 964 | 67 | 14.4:1 | 48% (467) |
| 2000-01 | 898 | 61 | 14.7:1 | 38% (342) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hopkins County Central High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (871 to 861); teachers up 10% (55.5 to 61).
About Hopkins County Central High School
Hopkins County Central High School is a large high school in Madisonville, Kentucky. It educates 861 students in grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 54% bigger than the 558 average for high schools in Kentucky.
Hopkins County Central High School belongs to Hopkins County, a district of 14 schools and 6,265 students.
About 80% of the student body at Hopkins County Central High School is White. The rest of enrollment is 7% multiracial, 6% Black, and 6% Hispanic. Hopkins County Central High School's diversity index is 34%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.1:1, with 61 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 16.6:1 average for high schools in Kentucky. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Hopkins County Central High School is 57%. That tracks the 57% average for public schools in Hopkins County.
allk12 grades Hopkins County Central High School an F. The grade compares the school only with Kentucky public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Hopkins County Central High School is 22.3 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Kentucky.
Hopkins County Central High School is located in Hopkins County, where the median household income is $56,815, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Besides Hopkins County Central High School, Hopkins County has 21 other public schools.
Nearby, Hopkins County Schools Academy is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 44.7% on proficiency, and Hopkins County Central High School is below that at 21.8%.
NCES assigns Hopkins County Central High School the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment at Hopkins County Central High School grew 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 819 to 861 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.1:1) than in 2020-21 (16.4:1).
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Hopkins County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,119
Census ACS
Median income
$56,815
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
6,896 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hopkins County
- Madisonville North Hopkins High SchoolHigh · 1,023 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolElementary · 549 students
- Hanson Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
- Jesse Stuart Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- West Broadway Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- James Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 466 students
Other schools in Madisonville
- Madisonville North Hopkins High SchoolHigh · 1,023 students
- Jesse Stuart Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- West Broadway Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- James Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 466 students
- Browning Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 443 students
- Pride Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
Nearby schools
- Hopkins County Schools Academy0.0 mi · 75
- South Hopkins Middle School2.4 mi · 300
- Southside Elementary School2.6 mi · 549
- Grapevine Elementary School4.2 mi · 318
- West Broadway Elementary School5.4 mi · 486
- Hopkins County Day Treatment5.5 mi · 29
Frequently asked questions
About Hopkins County Central High SchoolHow many students attend Hopkins County Central High School?
Hopkins County Central High School enrolls approximately 861 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Hopkins County Central High School serve?
Hopkins County Central High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Hopkins County Central High School have?
Hopkins County Central High School employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Hopkins County Central High School?
Student demographics at Hopkins County Central High School are roughly 80% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Hopkins County Central High School public or private?
Hopkins County Central High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hopkins County.
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