HOPKINSVILLE, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – Around 2,000 students between Christian County High School and Hopkinsville High School entered for their first day on Aug. 18, kicking off a year full of lasts leading up to consolidation in 2026.
Seniors making their way through the doors will historically remain the final class of their prospective schools, while freshmen, sophomores, and juniors will work to forward traditions as unified Christian County Tigers at the new school next year. Throughout the 2025-26 school year, construction on the new CCHS campus will complete.
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History of HHS and CCHS in Hopkinsville
Over the past few decades, the HHS Tigers and the CCHS Colonels have operated as athletic rivals, with a long history of competition through football, basketball, and other sports.
The first high school was established in Hopkinsville in 1881 on Clay Street, and was later named Hopkinsville High School in 1903. In 1912, Hopkinsville High School was moved to Walnut Street between Stanley and Central Avenue. At this point in time, schools in Hopkinsville remained segregated, with black students attending Attucks High School until desegregation in the late 60’s. The present HHS was built at Koffman Drive between 1962 and 1963.
Christian County High School was established in Hopkinsville just before HHS was moved, having opened in 1959 on Glass Avenue. The school was at the time also a consolidated school, absorbing the surrounding campuses that were spread out in various cities in the county.
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