Meadow View Elementary School

Meadow View Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Radcliff, Kentucky, operated by Hardin County. The school educates 514 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 22% 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; Meadow View Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Meadow View Elementary School shows that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 24% Black, 18% multiracial, 13% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Meadow View Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 71% of students at Meadow View Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hardin County (around 51%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Meadow View Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.8%; this one delivers 36.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Hardin County put median household income runs about $67,647, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hardin County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,037 students), of which Meadow View Elementary School is one.

North Hardin High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Meadow View Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 36.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 3%: 500 students in 2018 compared to 514 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 33% to 24%.

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