Rineyville Elementary School

Rineyville Elementary School is a primary school of medium-sized scale in Rineyville, Kentucky, overseen by Hardin County, caters to 554 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 32% larger than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

Hardin County comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 14,583 students; Rineyville Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rineyville Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment; the rest looks like 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Hardin County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hardin County (around 51%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rineyville Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.0%, the actual is 50.3%, a residual of +0.2 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hardin County) records that median household income runs about $67,647, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Hardin County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,037 students), of which Rineyville Elementary School is one.

John Hardin High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rineyville Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rineyville Elementary School has fell 10%, going from 615 students in 2018 to 554 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 80% to 72% over that span.

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