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Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHRISTIAN COUNTY·NCES 210115000232
Sinking Fork Elementary School
5005 Princeton Rd, Hopkinsville, KY 42240 · (270) 887-7330 · Christian County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
311 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 31% larger than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
62%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
48.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
50.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.2%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Sinking Fork Elementary School
Sinking Fork Elementary School's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinking Fork Elementary School this school | 430 | 72.3% | 47.6% |
| Woodland Elementary School Radcliff | 537 | 72.1% | 33.2% |
| T C Cherry Elementary School Bowling Green | 431 | 75.4% | 38.5% |
| Fulton County Elementary Hickman | 314 | 75.2% | 27.6% |
| Meadow View Elementary School Radcliff | 514 | 70.8% | 36.4% |
| Millbrooke Elementary School Hopkinsville | 610 | 66.7% | 41.7% |
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 Sinking Fork Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Christian County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #272 of 669 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #228 of 668 | #2 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #375 of 674 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #376 of 744 | #7 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #418 of 674 | #5 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #145 of 674 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.3% | #232 of 721 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #196 of 437 | #5 of 6 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
430
+24 (+6%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 320
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 430 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 72% (311) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 25 | 16.5:1 | 76% (312) |
| 2022-23 | 414 | 24 | 17.3:1 | 74% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 65% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 28 | 17.8:1 | 73% (362) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 26 | 18.8:1 | 75% (367) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | 23 | 16.3:1 | 65% (243) |
| 2000-01 | 323 | 14 | 23.1:1 | 67% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 320 | 16 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sinking Fork Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (498 to 430); teachers unchanged (28 to 28).
About Sinking Fork Elementary School
Sinking Fork Elementary School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 430 students.
Christian County runs Sinking Fork Elementary School along with 17 other schools, enrolling 8,682 students in total.
Sinking Fork Elementary School's enrollment is 53% White. Other groups include 30% Black, 9% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Christian County residents are about 67% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Sinking Fork Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
The school has about 15.4 students per teacher and 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Kentucky have a similar average ratio of 15.4:1. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 69% average for public schools in Christian County.
The allk12 Grade for Sinking Fork Elementary School is B+. Compared with Kentucky public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 65% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Sinking Fork Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Kentucky is predicted to score 38.2%. Sinking Fork Elementary School scores 47.6%, 9.4 points above that line.
Christian County has about 72,069 residents, and median household income is about $55,494, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 20 public schools in Christian County, with a combined enrollment of about 8,682.
Freedom Elementary School is located about 3.7 miles from Sinking Fork Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Sinking Fork Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Federal counts put enrollment at 406 in 2020-21 and 430 in 2024-25, a 6% increase.
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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
- Hopkinsville High SchoolHigh · 961 students
- Christian County Middle SchoolMiddle · 845 students
- Hopkinsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 741 students
- Indian Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 674 students
- Millbrooke Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
Other schools in Hopkinsville
- Christian County High SchoolHigh · 1,153 students
- Hopkinsville High SchoolHigh · 961 students
- Christian County Middle SchoolMiddle · 845 students
- Hopkinsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 741 students
- Indian Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 674 students
- Millbrooke Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
Nearby schools
- Freedom Elementary School3.7 mi · 504
- Christian County High School3.8 mi · 1,153
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ELC4.0 mi · 132
- Millbrooke Elementary School4.0 mi · 610
- Christian County Middle School4.0 mi · 845
- Christian County Home/Hospital4.1 mi · 51
Frequently asked questions
About Sinking Fork Elementary SchoolHow large is Sinking Fork Elementary School?
Sinking Fork Elementary School enrolls approximately 430 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sinking Fork Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sinking Fork Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Sinking Fork Elementary School?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Sinking Fork Elementary School.
How diverse is Sinking Fork Elementary School?
Sinking Fork Elementary School reports a student body of 53% White, 7% Hispanic, 30% Black, 9% Two or more.
What district is Sinking Fork Elementary School in?
Sinking Fork Elementary School is part of Christian County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.