Hillsboro Elementary School

As a close-knit K-5 school in Hillsboro, Kentucky, Hillsboro Elementary School hosts 224 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Fleming County. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Hillsboro Elementary School sits 47% below that benchmark.

Hillsboro Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Fleming County, a district that educates 2,183 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hillsboro Elementary School logs that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Fleming County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Hillsboro Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hillsboro Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.1%, the actual is 40.9%, a residual of -2.2 points.

In the broader community, census data for Fleming County shows the typical household earns roughly $49,307 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Fleming County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,183 students), Hillsboro Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Simons Middle School, around 9.9 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hillsboro Elementary School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 35.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Hillsboro Elementary School's enrollment has grew 19% since 2018, when it stood at 189 (now 224). Class-load math has tightened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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