📍 14405 Martin Luther King Way, Hopkinsville, Christian County, 42240
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hopkinsville, Christian County. The school has 580 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Christian County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. 19% of students are proficient in reading. 20% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School enrolls 580 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 39 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Black or African American, 28% White and 11% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 299 | 52% |
| White | 161 | 28% |
| Two or more races | 62 | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 56 | 9.7% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
462 of the school's 580 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 459 qualify for free lunch and 3 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KY-10, state senate district 3, state house district 9.
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School is one of 19 schools in Christian County, based in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The district serves 8,092 students district-wide and employs 526 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 580 students, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 426 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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