Morganfield Elementary School

Set in Morganfield, Kentucky, Morganfield Elementary School is a modestly sized primary school, part of Union County. It caters to 328 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 22% below the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

Union County comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,086 students; Morganfield Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Morganfield Elementary School reports that 71% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 16% Black, 10% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Morganfield Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Union County (around 63%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Morganfield Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.9%, the actual is 26.2%, a residual of -10.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Union County put the typical household earns roughly $60,327 per year, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Morganfield Elementary School is one of 8 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 2,086 students).

The closest other public school is Union County High School, roughly 3.6 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Morganfield Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.5%.

Morganfield Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Morganfield Elementary School has contracted 8%, going from 358 students in 2018 to 328 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 78% to 71% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.