Hardinsburg Elementary School

Hardinsburg Elementary School, a medium-sized K-5 school in Hardinsburg, Kentucky, one of the schools within Breckinridge County, educates 501 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Breckinridge County runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,677 students. Hardinsburg Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Hardinsburg Elementary School shows that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest breaks down as 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Breckinridge County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 56% of students at Hardinsburg Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hardinsburg Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.1%, the actual is 42.3%, a residual of -1.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, Breckinridge County reports that median household earnings sit near $55,843, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Breckinridge County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,362 students), Hardinsburg Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Breckinridge County Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hardinsburg Elementary School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 39.6%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 11%: 453 students in 2018 compared to 501 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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