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Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School

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Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School is a public elementary school in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, serving grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 580 students. The school faces significant challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom quartile of Kentucky elementary schools and performing well below the state and county averages on academic assessments.

The school's academic performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as White students and students with disabilities. However, the school's Hispanic students perform relatively better, ranking 20 out of 135 Kentucky elementary schools in Mathematics. The school's high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 79.66% receiving free or reduced-price lunch, may contribute to these challenges. Despite the school's higher per-student spending and lower student-teacher ratio compared to the state average, it continues to struggle to improve educational outcomes for its students.

When compared to nearby schools in the Christian County School District, such as Crofton Elementary, South Christian Elementary, and Sinking Fork Elementary, Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School performs significantly worse on state assessments and has a higher percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. The performance gap is even more pronounced when compared to schools in the neighboring Todd County School District, such as South Todd Elementary and North Todd Elementary, which have significantly higher proficiency rates and rankings.

595
Students ?
15.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
88.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 14405 Martin Luther King Way
       Hopkinsville, KY  42240

(270) 887-7310

District: Christian County


Students who attend Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Hopkinsville High School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
50.9%
White:
26.6%
Hispanic:
12.3%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 3rd percentile in 2014 → 13th in 2024
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2014
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Kentucky average (27% vs 44% meeting standards)
!Reading scores 23 pts below the Kentucky average
Students meeting standards (2023-2024) ?
This school27%
District avg41%
Kentucky avg44%
Not ranked this year
Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
110th of 157Christian County among Kentucky districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202415.9595 of 68513.1%★☆☆☆☆
202312.3633 of 6877.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.2612 of 68410.5%★☆☆☆☆
202115.0479 of 5177.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.1654 of 7006.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.4641 of 6917.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201710.6656 of 6945.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201613.6647 of 6906.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201516.8639 of 6988.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20147.2687 of 7052.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201315.3667 of 7197.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201222.8613 of 71314.0%★☆☆☆☆
201146.5404 of 68841.3%★★☆☆☆
201063.7245 of 68364.1%★★★☆☆
200933.5482 of 65826.7%★☆☆☆☆
200817.8575 of 65111.7%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202433.789 of 14036.4%★★☆☆☆
202324.6106 of 12917.8%★☆☆☆☆
202233.482 of 11830.5%★★☆☆☆
201933.4130 of 18529.7%★★☆☆☆
201837.6123 of 18433.2%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
201916.1447 of 4745.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201825.7354 of 44520.4%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202417.0566 of 64412.1%★☆☆☆☆
202314.0596 of 6396.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.4589 of 6418.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.5635 of 6715.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.5601 of 6639.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202473.720 of 13585.2%★★★★☆
201911.7148 of 1522.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201829.2129 of 15315.7%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202421.7552 of 66517.0%★☆☆☆☆
202318.5600 of 67010.4%★☆☆☆☆
202220.7566 of 66715.1%★☆☆☆☆
202116.8252 of 2758.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.8609 of 6648.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201819.1570 of 6319.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202421.7546 of 65216.3%★☆☆☆☆
202313.0609 of 6526.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.1573 of 65712.8%★☆☆☆☆
202116.3299 of 3258.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.6615 of 6769.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.0634 of 6654.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
201913.4603 of 6618.8%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202411.1631 of 6594.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.3623 of 6585.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.1574 of 65612.5%★☆☆☆☆
201919.0521 of 59212.0%★☆☆☆☆
201816.0552 of 5936.9%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Hispanic (2024)85th percentile+72 vs school
African American (2024)36th percentile+23 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2024)17th percentile+4 vs school
Male (2024)16th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2024)12th percentile~ school
Special Education (2019)9th percentile~ school
Disabled (2019)6th percentile~ school
White (2024)4th percentile-9 vs school
By subject vs Kentucky (2023-2024) ?
Editing and Mechanics48%~ state avg
Mathematics26%-16 vs state
Reading25%-23 vs state
Social Studies22%-17 vs state
Science18%-16 vs state

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Students at Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School are 51% African American, 27% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races.

In the 2023-24 school year, 595 students attended Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School.


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