Summary:
The 42442 zip code area is home to two schools - Southside Elementary School and South Hopkins Middle School, both part of the Hopkins County school district. While Southside Elementary stands out as a relatively high-performing school, South Hopkins Middle has room for improvement based on the available data.
Southside Elementary School consistently ranks in the top 40% of Kentucky elementary schools and outperforms the county and state averages in mathematics, reading, and other subject proficiency rates. Despite serving a student population with a high free/reduced lunch rate of 70.16%, the school maintains a reasonable student-teacher ratio of 15.7 and spends $11,266 per student, suggesting it is effectively supporting its students.
In contrast, South Hopkins Middle School has seen more fluctuation in its statewide ranking and generally underperforms the county and state averages in most subject proficiency rates. While it has a lower free/reduced lunch rate of 58.63% and a smaller class size with a student-teacher ratio of 13.2, the school's test scores and overall performance indicate room for improvement.
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