West Hopkins School, Nebo KY - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on West Hopkins School

West Hopkins School serves students from preschool through eighth grade in the small, rural community of Nebo, Kentucky. The school sits within the Hopkins County district, and because it ends at eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report here. Students move on to a high school elsewhere in the county after completing eighth grade.

The student body is overwhelmingly white, with a small number of students who identify as two or more races or as Hispanic. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, reflecting the economic context of the area. Nebo itself is a very small, quiet town that was once a major tobacco market but now has little commercial presence beyond a grocery and a service station. Housing values in the area are below both the state and national benchmarks, and the town has seen a slow population decline over the past decade and a half.

On state assessments, reading and math scores across the grades paint a mixed picture. In English language arts, proficiency rates for each tested grade fell in a range from just under half of students to a little over half. The strongest showing came in third grade, and the weakest came in eighth grade, where the rate was below the middle point of the school's own range. In math, the pattern was more uneven. Third and fourth graders posted rates that were above the school's own average for that subject, while fifth grade was lower and sixth grade lower still. The eighth grade math result was very low, with only a small share of students meeting the proficiency bar. Science results were available for two grades: fourth grade posted a rate near the middle of the school's range, while seventh grade was considerably lower. Social studies results for fifth grade were below the midpoint of the school's range, and the eighth grade result was suppressed, so it cannot be discussed.

When placed against the other districts in Hopkins County, West Hopkins School sits above the midpoint on an overall proficiency index that averages results across tested subjects and grades. The district is one of only two in the county, so the comparison set is small. That position tells a parent that the school's combined performance is slightly ahead of the other district in the county, but the margin is narrow.

The school does not serve high school grades, so there are no Advanced Placement, dual-credit, or career pathway offerings to report. The academic program is a standard pre-K through eighth grade curriculum within a regular public school setting. No information was available on staffing ratios, chronic absenteeism, or disciplinary data, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about class sizes and student support resources.

For a family considering West Hopkins School, the profile is that of a small, rural elementary and middle school with a largely homogeneous student population and a significant share of students from lower-income households. Academic performance is uneven by grade and subject, with reading generally stronger than math and a notable drop in middle school math and science. The town itself offers very little in the way of commerce or amenities, and most services and larger school facilities are a short drive east to Madisonville. This school fits a family that values a small, rural setting and is comfortable with a community that has limited growth and few local conveniences. A parent of a child approaching eighth grade may want to learn about the high school options in the county, since West Hopkins does not cover those years.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 56% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 459%

School 59% · District 53% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median

Grade 535%

School 35% · District 45% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median

Grade 626%

School 26% · District 42% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median

Grade 743%

School 43% · District 46% · ▼ 3 pts below district

even with state median

Grade 812%

School 12% · District 36% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 29 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 354%

School 54% · District 56% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 449%

School 49% · District 56% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 53% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 645%

School 45% · District 54% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median

Grade 751%

School 51% · District 44% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median

Grade 838%

School 38% · District 43% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median

Science

Grade 443%

School 43% · District 41% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 726%

School 26% · District 26%

▼ 4 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 532%

School 32% · District 41% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 6 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 5Lower-income42%Higher-income55%13 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income42%Higher-income63%21 pp gap