Summary:
Christian County Middle School and Hopkinsville Middle School are the two middle schools in Christian County, and both serve grades 6–8. In 2025–2026, their combined average was below the state average in math (33% vs. 40%) and reading (40% vs. 48%), as well as science, writing, and social studies; Editing and Mechanics was the exception (44% vs. 42%). The biggest shared concern is reading and math in grades 7 and 8: average results were 9 to 11 percentage points below the state in those grade-subject comparisons.
Christian County Middle School had the stronger overall set of current results, leading or tying in 10 of 12 matched math and reading comparisons and leading in all four other listed subject comparisons. Its largest lead was 16 points in 8th-grade Editing and Mechanics (52% vs. 36%); it also led 6th-grade reading by 13 points (58% vs. 45%). The advantage was not universal: Hopkinsville Middle School led 7th-grade reading by 4 points (41% vs. 37%), and the schools tied in 7th-grade math at 30%. Christian County was above the state in 6th-grade reading and math and 8th-grade Editing and Mechanics; Hopkinsville’s listed results were below the state.
Results changed unevenly from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Christian County gained 13 points in 6th-grade reading and 8th-grade writing, but fell 12 points in 7th-grade reading; Hopkinsville gained 6 points in 7th-grade reading, while its 8th-grade writing fell 16 points, from 59% to 43%. SchoolDigger’s ranking improved for Christian County, from 237th of 324 schools in 2023–2024 to 195th of 326 in 2025–2026, while Hopkinsville’s moved from 245th to 257th. Both schools reported similar free/reduced lunch eligible shares in 2024–2025 (69.5% and 69.0%); Christian County’s student-teacher ratio was higher (18.9 vs. 16.6). These figures offer context, not an explanation for the differences in results.
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