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If you could change one rule at Hopkinsville High School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
961
High
DISTRICT 564 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHRISTIAN COUNTY·NCES 210115000223
Hopkinsville High School
430 Koffman Dr, Hopkinsville, KY 42240 · (270) 887-7110 · Christian County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL961 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Kentucky public high 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
606 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 269 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 259 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 228 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 200 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 1% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
46.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
35.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Hopkinsville High School
Hopkinsville High School's state test result (34.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopkinsville High School this school | 961 | 63.1% | 34.3% |
| Christian County High School Hopkinsville | 1,153 | 65.1% | 28.8% |
| Valley High Louisville | 850 | 68.5% | 16.7% |
| Paducah Tilghman High School Paducah | 860 | 57.6% | 37.3% |
| Jeffersontown High Jeffersontown | 1,196 | 65.7% | 25.7% |
| Pleasure Ridge Park High Louisville | 1,777 | 69.7% | 15.5% |
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 Hopkinsville High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #137 of 211 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #143 of 211 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #118 of 211 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 961 | #78 of 304 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #146 of 217 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #17 of 217 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.1% | #77 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #21 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
961
-130 (-12%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 1,056
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 961 | 54 | 17.8:1 | 63% (606) |
| 2023-24 | 935 | 57 | 16.4:1 | 66% (615) |
| 2022-23 | 962 | 60 | 16.0:1 | 60% (580) |
| 2020-21 | 1,091 | 57 | 19.1:1 | 59% (649) |
| 2017-18 | 1,160 | 58 | 20.0:1 | 62% (715) |
| 2015-16 | 1,097 | 65 | 16.9:1 | 61% (670) |
| 2010-11 | 1,078 | 68 | 15.8:1 | 59% (632) |
| 2000-01 | 1,014 | 59 | 17.2:1 | 40% (407) |
| 1990-91 | 1,056 | 57 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hopkinsville High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,160 to 961); teachers down 7% (58 to 54).
About Hopkinsville High School
Hopkinsville High School is a high-enrollment high school located in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The school enrolls 961 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Kentucky enroll around 558, and this school is 72% above that mark.
Across its 18 schools, Christian County enrolls 8,682 students. Hopkinsville High School is one of those schools.
The student body at Hopkinsville High School has no majority group. White students lead at 42%. Next come 33% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. The county population is about 67% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 54 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1. The average for high schools in Kentucky is 16.6:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 606 students, or 63%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Hopkinsville High School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 39% of Kentucky public high schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Hopkinsville High School is 41.6%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 34.3%.
For Christian County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $55,494 a year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Christian County number 20, with about 8,682 students.
Indian Hills Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Hopkinsville High School is 4th among 4 schools close by.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school shrank from 1,091 students in 2020-21 to 961 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.8:1.
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Christian County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Christian County
- Christian County High SchoolHigh · 1,153 students
- Christian County Middle SchoolMiddle · 845 students
- Hopkinsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 741 students
- Indian Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 674 students
- Millbrooke Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Pembroke Elementary SchoolElementary · 597 students
Other schools in Hopkinsville
- Christian County High SchoolHigh · 1,153 students
- Christian County Middle SchoolMiddle · 845 students
- Hopkinsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 741 students
- Indian Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 674 students
- Millbrooke Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 students
Nearby schools
- Indian Hills Elementary School0.1 mi · 674
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ELC1.0 mi · 132
- Millbrooke Elementary School1.3 mi · 610
- Bluegrass Learning Academy1.6 mi · 130
- Christian County Day Treatment1.8 mi · 12
- Christian County Middle School2.6 mi · 845
Frequently asked questions
About Hopkinsville High SchoolHow many students attend Hopkinsville High School?
Hopkinsville High School enrolls approximately 961 students in grades 09-12.
Is Hopkinsville High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hopkinsville High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Hopkinsville High School have?
Hopkinsville High School employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
How diverse is Hopkinsville High School?
Hopkinsville High School reports a student body of 42% White, 14% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Hopkinsville High School?
Hopkinsville High 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.