Elementary Schools in Somerset Independent

Hopkins Elementary School is the only elementary school listed in Somerset Independent; it serves prekindergarten through grade 4 and enrolls 750 students. With just one school, there is no school-to-school comparison, but its results can be compared with Kentucky’s. The most important finding is that Hopkins’ proficiency rates were higher than the state’s in all five reported grade-and-subject comparisons in 2025–2026.

Hopkins is both the highest- and lowest-ranked school in this one-school list, which does not indicate how it compares with other local schools. Its 2025–2026 proficiency was 66% in grade 3 math, 71% in grade 4 math, 63% in grade 3 reading, 68% in grade 4 reading, and 59% in grade 4 science. Those results were 23, 28, 14, 18, and 19 percentage points above the corresponding state rates. Math was its strongest relative area: its average advantage over the state was 26 points across grades 3 and 4, compared with 16 points in reading.

Results softened overall from the prior year, although grade 4 reading improved: math fell 11 points in grade 3 and 8 points in grade 4, grade 3 reading dipped 1 point, grade 4 reading rose 4 points, and grade 4 science was unchanged. Hopkins’ average across the five comparisons decreased 3 points, and its average lead over the state narrowed by 4 points, though it remained ahead in every comparison. SchoolDigger ranked the school 45th of 684 Kentucky elementary schools, at the 93rd percentile with 5 stars in 2025–2026; it ranked 29th of 685 the year before, at the 96th percentile with 5 stars. In 2024–2025, the student–teacher ratio was 16.6 and 70% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. Chronic absenteeism was 17% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 25% and the state’s 24%.