South Hancock Elementary School

South Hancock Elementary School is a close-knit K-5 school in Hawesville, Kentucky, one of the schools within Hancock County. The school serves 213 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so South Hancock Elementary School sits 49% leaner than that benchmark.

South Hancock Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Hancock County, a district that educates 1,449 students overall.

On demographics, South Hancock Elementary School reports that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% multiracial. Compared to Hancock County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, South Hancock Elementary School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting South Hancock Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, South Hancock Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.0%, the actual is 48.8%, a residual of +2.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Hancock County put median household earnings sit near $65,464, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. South Hancock Elementary School is one of 5 public schools in Hancock County (combined enrollment of about 1,449 students).

Kentucky Virtual Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.6 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Hancock Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 44.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Hancock Elementary School has edged down 8%, going from 232 students in 2018 to 213 in 2025.

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