West Broadway Elementary School

West Broadway Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in Madisonville, Kentucky, operated by Hopkins County, with 486 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Hopkins County comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 6,265 students; West Broadway Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, West Broadway Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% multiracial, 11% Black, 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Hopkins County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, West Broadway Elementary School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, West Broadway Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.5%; this one delivers 38.1%.

Around the school, census data for Hopkins County shows median household earnings sit near $56,815, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Hopkins County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,896 students), of which West Broadway Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Hopkins County Day Treatment, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Broadway Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.4%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. West Broadway Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 23% since 2018, when it stood at 395 (now 486). White enrollment moved from 75% to 66% across the same window.

On the community side, members of the West Broadway Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.