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Pride Elementary School

861 Pride Ave, Madisonville, KY 42431 · (270) 825-6030 · Hopkins County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Kentucky public elementary schools
  • A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A-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 elementary schools

Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 421
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
242 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K5213%
Kindergarten5313%
Grade 15714%
Grade 25313%
Grade 36416%
Grade 45113%
Grade 57418%

This year's kindergarten class (53) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).

Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 47% · US 70%
White
31678%
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 71% · US 43%
Hispanic
102%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 10% · US 30%
Black
4010%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 11% · US 15%
Asian
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
369%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
21052%
Female
19448%

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Test scores

KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/Distinguished
English Language Arts
60.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
55.3%
KY avg 42.8%

What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Pride Elementary School

Pride Elementary School's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Pride Elementary School this school40459.9%56.2%
Hickman County Elementary School
Clinton
44362.3%40.1%
Trigg County Intermediate School
Cadiz
41657.9%36.7%
Caldwell County Elementary School
Princeton
38657.8%47.3%
North Warren Elementary
Smiths Grove
43658.7%45.6%
Ballard County Elementary School
Barlow
44460.6%40.0%
Matched among Kentucky elementary 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 Pride Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn KentuckyIn Hopkins County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
56.2%#140 of 669#2 of 8
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
55.3%#166 of 668#3 of 8
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
60.7%#162 of 674#2 of 8
Enrollment
ranked largest first
404#424 of 744#5 of 8
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.6:1#443 of 674#5 of 8
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
37.0%#284 of 674#4 of 8
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
59.9%#470 of 721#6 of 8
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-12.2%#221 of 437N/A
Ranked against other public elementary 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
404
-29 (-7%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 256
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 14.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-254042615.6:160% (242)
2023-243792614.6:157% (217)
2022-234753115.3:160% (287)
2020-214333014.4:161% (264)
2017-1846027.516.7:167% (310)
2015-164472816.0:165% (290)
2010-114402716.3:176% (335)
2000-013711721.8:159% (219)
1990-912561616.0:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pride Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 12% (460 to 404); teachers down 6% (27.5 to 26).

About Pride Elementary School

Pride Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in Madisonville, Kentucky. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 404 students.

Pride Elementary School belongs to Hopkins County, a district of 14 schools and 6,265 students.

The student body at Pride Elementary School is 78% White. The school is also 10% Black, 9% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is higher, at 87%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 37, compared with 70 nationally.

The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Kentucky is about 15.4:1. A total of 242 students, or 60%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

Pride Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 80% of Kentucky public elementary schools.

Pride Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Kentucky schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 56.2% and a predicted 42.8%.

Looking at the county, Hopkins County, the median household earns about $56,815 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting Pride Elementary School, Hopkins County has 22 public schools.

Measured in a straight line, Browning Springs Middle School is about 0.8 miles from Pride Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: 7. Pride Elementary School comes in 2nd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.

The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 404, from 433 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 14.4:1 to 15.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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Hopkins County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Pride Elementary School
District
Hopkins County
Address
861 Pride Ave, Madisonville, KY 42431
Phone
(270) 825-6030
County
Hopkins County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
404
Teachers (FTE)
26
Student–teacher ratio
15.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
242 (60%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
210286000606
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Hopkins County
Other schools in Madisonville
Other Pride Elementary schools

2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Pride Elementary. Pride Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.

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Frequently asked questions

About Pride Elementary School
What is the total enrollment at Pride Elementary School?
Pride Elementary School enrolls approximately 404 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Pride Elementary School serve?
Pride Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pride Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pride Elementary School is approximately 15.6:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pride Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pride Elementary School are roughly 78% White, 2% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Pride Elementary School public or private?
Pride Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hopkins County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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