Schools in Nebo · Hopkins County School District
Nebo’s public schools score below 56% of Kentucky districts
The public schools Nebo’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 56% of Kentucky’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
43%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
43%
▲ 2 pts vs KY 41%
2020–21
Math proficiency
27%
▼ 3 pts vs KY 30%
2020–21
Graduate on time
92%
▲ 0 pts vs KY 92%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$12.5K
▼ 15% vs KY $14.8K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade
How Nebo compares
B Test scoresC− Graduation
Kentucky school districts we grade (172)Better than 44%
Lower resultsHigher results
Kentucky towns with similar household incomes (208)Better than 43%
High confidence. Built on 3,120 tested students and a graduating class of 456; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Kentucky’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Kentucky only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Nebo.
7 schools teach Pre-K in Nebo’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southside Elementary School, Hanson Elementary School, Jesse Stuart Elementary School and West Broadway Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach K in Nebo’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southside Elementary School, Hanson Elementary School, Jesse Stuart Elementary School and West Broadway Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 1st grade in Nebo’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southside Elementary School, Hanson Elementary School, Jesse Stuart Elementary School and West Broadway Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 2nd grade in Nebo’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southside Elementary School, Hanson Elementary School, Jesse Stuart Elementary School and West Broadway Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 3rd grade in Nebo’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southside Elementary School, Hanson Elementary School, Jesse Stuart Elementary School and West Broadway Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 4th grade in Nebo’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southside Elementary School, Hanson Elementary School, Jesse Stuart Elementary School and West Broadway Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 5th grade in Nebo’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southside Elementary School, Hanson Elementary School, Jesse Stuart Elementary School and West Broadway Elementary School and more.
4 schools teach 6th grade in Nebo’s district. Which one depends on your address: James Madison Middle School, Browning Springs Middle School, South Hopkins Middle School and West Hopkins School.
4 schools teach 7th grade in Nebo’s district. Which one depends on your address: James Madison Middle School, Browning Springs Middle School, South Hopkins Middle School and West Hopkins School.
4 schools teach 8th grade in Nebo’s district. Which one depends on your address: James Madison Middle School, Browning Springs Middle School, South Hopkins Middle School and West Hopkins School.
The path, start to finish
PK–87 schoolsDepends on your address
84 middle schoolsDepends on your address
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Above the state in reading
Reading43%
State average 41.3%
Math27%
State average 29.6%
Every school in Nebo
0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Also serving Nebo · in other towns
Southside Elementary School
B+549 students15:1Rate it →
Hanson Elementary School
B+532 students16:1Rate it →
Jesse Stuart Elementary School
C486 students16:1Rate it →
West Broadway Elementary School
A−486 students17:1Rate it →
Pride Elementary School
A+404 students16:1Rate it →
Grapevine Elementary School
D318 students13:1Rate it →
West Hopkins School
C293 students12:1Rate it →
James Madison Middle School
B+466 students18:1Rate it →
Browning Springs Middle School
C+443 students15:1Rate it →
South Hopkins Middle School
C+300 students12:1Rate it →
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Nebo
There’s no college in Nebo, but 2 are within 30 miles. The closest is Madisonville Community College in Madisonville, 7.2 miles away.
Madisonville Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Madisonville
7.2 mi2,426 students
Henderson Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Henderson
28.6 mi1,144 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Nebo. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Kentucky. Stars are from neighbors.