Munfordville Elementary School, Munfordville KY

Original Research by School Decision on Munfordville Elementary School

Munfordville Elementary School serves students from preschool through eighth grade in the Hart County school district, making it the sole public school option for families in the county seat of Munfordville for those grade levels. The school’s enrollment is small for a PK-8 building, and the student body is predominantly white, with small shares of Hispanic, Black, and multiracial students. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that the school serves a community with significant economic need. It operates as a regular public school and is not a charter or magnet.

The academic picture at Munfordville Elementary shows a mixed performance profile across grade levels and subjects, with some notable bright spots. In English language arts, results vary widely by grade. Fourth grade stands out with roughly half of students meeting proficiency standards, and seventh grade is the strongest showing overall, with a solid majority reaching proficiency. Third, fifth, and sixth grade all fall just below the halfway mark. Eighth grade, however, drops to roughly a third proficient, a dip that a parent may want to discuss with the school. In mathematics, the pattern is more concerning. Proficiency rates are low across the board. Seventh graders perform best, with fewer than half proficient, while third and fourth grade are both well below a quarter. Fifth, sixth, and eighth grade each land in the low-to-mid thirties. These are soft spots, and a family considering this school may want to ask what interventions and supports are available for students struggling in math. Science results are reported for two tested grades. Fourth grade shows roughly a third proficient, and seventh grade is a bit higher, though tested counts in that grade were suppressed. Social studies, tested in fifth and eighth grade, shows fifth grade at roughly a fifth proficient and eighth grade at about a third proficient. The school’s charter status and grade band mean there is no high school graduation rate to report.

The school sits in Munfordville, the small county seat of Hart County, a compact town centered on a historic courthouse square along the Green River. The town is a designated Kentucky Trail Town and a Tree City USA, with outdoor recreation amenities like paved walking trails, a boat launch, and disc golf at local parks. The population has grown slowly in recent years, and the town’s character is a mix of residential, civic, and tourism-oriented functions. The housing market is more affordable than the national median, though no current rental data was available. The district itself is Hart County, and publicly reported information did not turn up any recent major changes or strategic initiatives at the district level.

For a parent or resident, Munfordville Elementary offers a neighborhood school in a small-town setting where the same building takes a child from pre-K through the end of middle school. The academics are uneven, with reading results that climb to a strong level in seventh grade but lag in the early grades and in eighth grade, and math achievement that is persistently low. A family for whom the rural, community-oriented environment and the convenience of a single campus through eighth grade are a high priority may find the fit right, especially if they are prepared to advocate for additional academic support. A family whose primary concern is high tested proficiency across subjects would find this school falls short of that mark and would want to look closely at the support the school provides.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 315%

School 15% · District 30% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 28 pts below state median

Grade 418%

School 18% · District 28% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 42% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median

Grade 634%

School 34% · District 31% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 8 pts below state median

Grade 743%

School 43% · District 30% · ▲ 13 pts above district

even with state median

Grade 834%

School 34% · District 34%

▼ 7 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 338%

School 38% · District 36% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 9 pts below state median

Grade 451%

School 51% · District 46% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 46% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median

Grade 647%

School 47% · District 48% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median

Grade 760%

School 60% · District 44% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median

Grade 836%

School 36% · District 42% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median

Science

Grade 432%

School 32% · District 34% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median

Grade 737%

School 37% · District 22% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 37% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median

Grade 834%

School 34% · District 38% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median

This schoolHart County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income29%Higher-income54%25 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income47%Higher-income61%14 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income33%Higher-income71%38 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income45%Higher-income85%40 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income21%Higher-income63%42 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income17%Higher-income22%5 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income20%Higher-income59%39 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income27%Higher-income69%42 pp gap