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If you had an hour of school board time for Munfordville Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
489
Elementary
DISTRICT 335 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HART COUNTY·NCES 210264000567
Munfordville Elementary School
505 W Union St, Munfordville, KY 42765 · (270) 524-4651 · Hart County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL489 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
282 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 21% larger than its 8th grade class (48).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Munfordville Elementary School→Hart County High School
Based on grade levels within Hart County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
46.5%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
30.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Munfordville Elementary School
Munfordville Elementary School's state test result (36.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munfordville Elementary School this school | 489 | 57.7% | 36.2% |
| Shannon Johnson Elementary School Berea | 473 | 57.3% | 52.7% |
| Lakewood Elementary School Cecilia | 463 | 58.1% | 43.2% |
| Hardinsburg Elementary School Hardinsburg | 501 | 56.3% | 42.3% |
| Northview Elementary Mount Sterling | 503 | 60.6% | 53.7% |
| Camp Dick Robinson Elementary School Lancaster | 446 | 59.4% | 57.1% |
Matched among Kentucky elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Munfordville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #480 of 669 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #537 of 668 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #403 of 674 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 489 | #259 of 744 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #70 of 674 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.9% | #419 of 674 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.7% | #509 of 721 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #373 of 437 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
489
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 489 | 39.1 | 12.5:1 | 58% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 37 | 13.6:1 | 71% (357) |
| 2022-23 | 492 | 37 | 13.3:1 | 64% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 36 | 13.4:1 | 62% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 71% (360) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 64% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 37 | 15.0:1 | 60% (332) |
| 2000-01 | 442 | 20 | 22.1:1 | 56% (246) |
| 1990-91 | 509 | 29 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Munfordville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (507 to 489); teachers up 9% (36 to 39.1).
About Munfordville Elementary School
Munfordville Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Munfordville, Kentucky. The school serves 489 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25.
Federal data list 6 schools in Hart County, with 2,322 students enrolled.
Most students at Munfordville Elementary School are White: 88% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. For comparison, Hart County is about 91% White. Munfordville Elementary School has a diversity index of 23%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Munfordville Elementary School operates with 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.5:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Kentucky average 15.4:1. About 58% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is close to the 60% average for public schools in Hart County.
The allk12 Grade for Munfordville Elementary School is C-. Compared with Kentucky public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 23% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Munfordville Elementary School is 43.6%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 36.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Hart County show that median household income is about $52,285, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 8 public schools in Hart County, with a combined enrollment of about 2,646.
Nearby, Hart County High School is about 0.9 miles away. Munfordville Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within ten miles. Munfordville Elementary School's average proficiency of 36.2% compares with 36.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 482 in 2020-21, 489 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Munfordville Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hart County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,603
Census ACS
Median income
$52,285
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,646 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hart County
- Hart County High SchoolHigh · 645 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 335 students
- Legrande Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
- Bonnieville Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
- Cub Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 213 students
Nearby schools
- Hart County High School0.9 mi · 645
- Memorial Elementary School6.6 mi · 335
- Bonnieville Elementary School7.8 mi · 313
- Caverna High School8.3 mi · 209
- Caverna Middle School8.3 mi · 115
- Legrande Elementary School8.6 mi · 327
Frequently asked questions
About Munfordville Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Munfordville Elementary School?
Munfordville Elementary School enrolls approximately 489 students in grades PK-08.
Is Munfordville Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Munfordville Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Munfordville Elementary School have?
Munfordville Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
How diverse is Munfordville Elementary School?
Munfordville Elementary School reports a student body of 88% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Munfordville Elementary School?
Munfordville Elementary School is overseen by Hart County in Hart County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.