Summary:
ZIP code 42501 has three elementary schools serving different grade spans: Hopkins Elementary School serves PK–4, Southern Elementary School serves K–5, and Burnside Elementary School serves PK–5; enrollment ranges from 414 to 750. Their results vary by grade and subject, so no single school leads across every grade. Most importantly, the combined average across 25 reported results remained above the state benchmark in 2025–26—57% versus 44%—but the advantage narrowed from 19 percentage points the year before to 13.
Hopkins leads all five reported grade 3–4 comparisons: its scores range from 63% to 71% in math and reading, and it scored 59% in grade 4 science. Its lead over the next school ranges from 4 to 17 points. For grade 5, Burnside leads every reported subject, scoring 64% in math, 67% in reading and writing, 64% in social studies, and 70% in editing and mechanics. Its biggest edge over Southern is 25 points in writing. Southern is lowest among the schools with results in grade 5 math, reading, writing and social studies; it scored 44% in math and 52% in reading, just 1 point above the state in each.
Results declined from the previous year at all three schools: average scores fell about 3 points at Hopkins, 4 at Southern and 10 at Burnside. Southern is an exception to that broader pattern in grades 3–4, where its math and reading scores rose by 5 to 9 points, even as its grade 5 writing score fell 20 points. SchoolDigger ranks Hopkins #45 of 684 with five stars, Burnside #145 with four stars, and Southern #194 with four stars. As context, 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 70% at Hopkins, 71% at Southern and 81% at Burnside; student–teacher ratios were 16.6, 13.2 and 12.8, respectively. Grade 5 comparisons include only Southern and Burnside because Hopkins serves through grade 4.
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