Jesse Stuart Elementary School, Madisonville KY

Original Research by School Decision on Jesse Stuart Elementary School

Jesse Stuart Elementary School serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Madisonville, Kentucky, as part of the Hopkins County School District. The school is a regular public elementary school, not a charter or magnet. It sits within a community that has shifted from a coal and tobacco economy toward manufacturing and services, anchored by employers such as GE Aviation, Baptist Health Madisonville, and several industrial plants. Madisonville is the county seat and a regional commercial center, with a population that has seen a slight decline in recent years.

The student body at Jesse Stuart is predominantly white, with Black and multiracial students each making up a notable share, and a smaller but present Hispanic population. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that the school serves a community with significant economic need. The school enrolls students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, and the grade-level distribution shows a larger third-grade cohort relative to the other elementary grades.

On the Kentucky Summative Assessment, the school’s results vary by grade and subject. In reading, fourth graders posted a stronger proficiency rate than third and fifth graders, with the fifth-grade reading result notably lower. In math, the pattern was similar: fourth graders had the highest proficiency rate, third graders were in the middle, and fifth graders were the lowest. Science results for fourth graders were below the reading and math marks for that grade. Social studies results for fifth graders were the weakest of any tested subject and grade. A parent may want to ask the school about the dip in fifth-grade performance and what supports are in place for students transitioning to middle school.

When compared with other districts in Hopkins County, Jesse Stuart Elementary’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades sits above the midpoint. The county comparison set is small, so this position should be read with that context in mind.

The school is part of the Hopkins County School District, which operates eight elementary schools, four middle schools, and two high schools spread across the county. The district serves Madisonville and the surrounding county. Madisonville itself is a regional commercial center with a manufacturing base, a community college, and a hospital. The city’s population has seen a slight decline in recent years, and the local economy has moved away from coal and tobacco toward industrial and service-sector jobs. Housing values in the area are below the state and national benchmarks, and the area has experienced a year-over-year decline in home values.

Jesse Stuart Elementary is a regular public school with no charter or magnet designation. It is not a Title I school, or that information was not available. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. Data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, and staffing were not available in the provided records. A parent may want to ask the school directly about class sizes, teacher experience, and how the school supports students who are struggling academically, particularly in the upper elementary grades where proficiency rates are lower.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 346%

School 46% · District 56% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 53% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 45% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 344%

School 44% · District 56% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 457%

School 57% · District 56% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 53% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median

Science

Grade 434%

School 34% · District 41% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 522%

School 22% · District 41% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median

This schoolHopkins County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income36%Higher-income61%25 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income55%Higher-income62%7 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income30%Higher-income64%34 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income41%Higher-income56%15 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income41%Higher-income68%27 pp gap