Summary
Indian Hills Elementary School in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, serves 674 students in grades K–5 and has the largest enrollment among the nearby schools listed, ahead of Millbrooke Elementary School with 610. Its results are mixed: fourth-grade math and Editing and Mechanics stand out, while writing and social studies are the clearest concerns. Most important, those two subjects have fallen sharply since 2022–23: writing dropped from 47% to 30% and social studies from 59% to 36%, leaving both below the state in 2025–26.
Indian Hills is stronger than nearby schools in math overall and especially in fourth-grade math: its grades 3–5 math average was 47%, compared with 41% nearby, 43% statewide, and 39% in the Christian County district. Fourth-grade math was 54%, the highest reported nearby result, tied with Crofton Elementary School. Editing and Mechanics is another strength at 65% in fifth grade, versus 48% statewide and a nearby average of 46%; only Millbrooke scored higher. Weaknesses are more apparent in third-grade reading (41%, versus 49% statewide and 46% nearby) and fifth-grade writing (30%, versus 35% statewide and 34% nearby). Fifth-grade social studies was 36%, also below the state’s 38%.
Over time, math improved by 6 points from 2022–23 to 2025–26, while the state average rose by 1 point; Editing and Mechanics increased by 3 points. Science rose 5 points, matching the state’s increase. By contrast, writing fell 17 points and social studies 23, compared with state declines of 4 points in each subject. Indian Hills was at the 55th percentile and 3 stars in SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 ranking, near the nearby-school median of 54. SchoolDigger’s subgroup ranking was notably low for Special Education Students in 2023–24: the 7th percentile, compared with 61 overall that year; African American and Hispanic Students were each at the 77th percentile in 2025–26. Context includes a 17.2 student–teacher ratio in 2024–25, the highest among nearby schools with reported ratios, and 71% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25. Chronic absenteeism was 19% in 2025–26, below the district’s 21% and the state’s 24%.
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