Summary
Hunter Hills Elementary School in Corbin, Kentucky, serves 617 students in prekindergarten through grade 5 in Laurel County, a district SchoolDigger ranks 15th of 158 in Kentucky. The school’s results are mixed: reading in grades 3 and 4 and fourth-grade science stand out, while several fifth-grade subjects are weak. The clearest concern is fifth grade: proficiency is 33% in writing, 37% in editing and mechanics, 34% in social studies, 48% in reading, and 35% in math.
Reading and science are the school’s strongest results against the state, while writing is its sharpest weakness compared with the district and nearby schools. Third- and fourth-grade reading proficiency is 71% and 73%, respectively, above state results of 49% and 50%; fifth-grade reading is 48%, below the state’s 51% and the nearby average of 63%. Fourth-grade science is 56%, compared with 40% statewide and 59% in Laurel County. In fifth-grade writing, the school’s 33% is below the district’s 67% and the nearby average of 61%. Fifth-grade math is 35%, compared with 43% statewide and a nearby average of 55%.
Results have fallen in several areas: the three-grade math average dropped from 68% in 2022–23 to 43% in 2025–26, and reading declined from 73% to 64%. Fifth-grade writing fell 24 points, social studies 34 points, and editing and mechanics 36 points; fourth-grade science rose 5 points. SchoolDigger ranks the school 269th of 684, at the 61st percentile with 3 stars, down from the 95th percentile in 2022–23. Its 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 14.3, and 80% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. SchoolDigger’s subgroup measure places Special Education Students at the 77th percentile, above the school overall, while White Students are at the 43rd percentile, down 31 points since 2023–24. Chronic absenteeism is also high: 35% in 2025–26, compared with 31% in the district and 24% statewide.
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