G C Burkhead Elementary School

G C Burkhead Elementary School is one of the well-populated elementary schools in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, operated by Hardin County, with 634 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 51% bigger than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

Hardin County comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 14,583 students; G C Burkhead Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, G C Burkhead Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 13% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, G C Burkhead Elementary School lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting G C Burkhead Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), G C Burkhead Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.4%, the actual is 45.3%, a residual of +0.9 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hardin County put the typical household earns roughly $67,647 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Hardin County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,037 students), of which G C Burkhead Elementary School is one.

College View Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around G C Burkhead Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), G C Burkhead Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 43.9%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 18%: 775 students in 2018 compared to 634 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 65% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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