Hunter Hills Elementary School

Hunter Hills Elementary School operates as an average-sized elementary campus in Corbin, Kentucky, part of Laurel County. Current enrollment sits at 617 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 47% larger than the state mean of about 421.

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

Looking at the student body, Hunter Hills Elementary School shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Hunter Hills Elementary School has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Laurel County's rate of about 68%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hunter Hills Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 35.5%; this one delivers 54.6%, a residual of +19.1 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Laurel County indicate median household earnings sit near $57,771, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, Laurel County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,220 students), of which Hunter Hills Elementary School is one.

Corbin Preschool is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hunter Hills Elementary School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 53.7%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hunter Hills Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 640 (now 617). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 95% to 89% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.