Cub Run Elementary School

Cub Run Elementary School, a small elementary-level community in Cub Run, Kentucky, operated by Hart County, teaches 213 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 49% smaller than the state mean of about 421.

Cub Run Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Hart County, a district that works with 2,322 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Cub Run Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Beyond that, the school logs 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Hart County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hart County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Cub Run Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.7%; this one delivers 46.1%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hart County) logs that median household earnings sit near $52,285, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Cub Run Elementary School is one of 8 public schools in Hart County (combined enrollment of about 2,646 students).

Munfordville Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 9.6 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cub Run Elementary School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 38.1%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Cub Run Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 241 (now 213). Class-load math has tightened: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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