Summary:
ZIP code 42765 has two schools serving 1,134 students: Hart County High School serves grades 9–12, and Munfordville Elementary School serves prekindergarten through grade 8. Their academic results paint different pictures: the high school was above state results in every reported subject in 2025–2026, while the elementary school’s results varied considerably by grade and subject.
Hart County High School stands out for consistent results: it averaged 45% proficient across six subjects, compared with 39% for the state, an advantage of 6 points. Munfordville Elementary School averaged 38% across 19 reported subject-and-grade results, versus 44% for the matching state results, a gap of 6 points below state. Eighth grade was a clear strength there: writing was 67% versus 48% statewide, and reading was 51% versus 40%. By contrast, fifth-grade editing and mechanics was 21% versus 48%, and fourth-grade math was 18% versus 43%.
Results and other indicators give families different factors to weigh. The high school’s average advantage across five comparable subjects narrowed from 7 points in 2024–2025 to 6 points in 2025–2026; at the elementary school, notable changes included fifth-grade editing and mechanics falling from 60% to 21%, while eighth-grade writing rose from 48% to 67%. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rank for the high school was 56, 80, then 72 over the past three years; the elementary school’s rank declined from 38 to 30 to 16. The high school also had higher chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026: 33%, compared with 19% at the elementary school. In 2024–2025, student-teacher ratios were 13.9 and 12.5, respectively, and both schools reported the same low-income measure—free/reduced lunch eligible—with rates of 56% at the high school and 58% at the elementary school.
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