Hazel Green Elementary School

Hazel Green Elementary School is one of the moderately sized elementary campuss in East Bernstadt, Kentucky, part of Laurel County, with 363 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 18 schools in Laurel County (8,676 students total), Hazel Green Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Hazel Green Elementary School lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Laurel County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Laurel County (around 68%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hazel Green Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Kentucky public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.4%; Hazel Green Elementary School posts 66.1%, +32.7 points above that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Laurel County indicate the typical household earns roughly $57,771 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hazel Green Elementary School is one of 20 public schools in Laurel County (combined enrollment of about 9,220 students).

East Bernstadt Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hazel Green Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.0%.

Hazel Green Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 23%: 296 students in 2018 compared to 363 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 98% to 94% across the same window.

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