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Jefferson County

Louisville, Kentucky · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

95,180
Students enrolled
172
Public schools
6,243
Classroom teachers (FTE)
15.2:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 1,866
  • Kindergarten 6,770
  • Grade 1 7,177
  • Grade 2 7,259
  • Grade 3 7,515
  • Grade 4 7,080
  • Grade 5 7,391
  • Grade 6 7,062
  • Grade 7 6,299
  • Grade 8 6,965
  • Grade 9 8,166
  • Grade 10 7,859
  • Grade 11 7,181
  • Grade 12 6,422
  • Ungraded 168

By race/ethnicity

  • Black or African American 36%
  • White 33%
  • Hispanic/Latino 19%
  • Two or more races 6%
  • Asian 5%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

61% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 58,301 of 95,103 students in the 162 of its 167 schools that report
  • Free lunch 59%
  • Reduced-price lunch 3%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$18,730 spent per student on day-to-day operations Kentucky median: $13,611 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $9,906
  • Support services $8,139
  • Other (food service, etc.) $684

Where the money comes from

  • Local 54%
  • State 32%
  • Federal 14%

Total revenue $1.9 billiontotal spending $2.0 billion

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: LargeStudents: 82% city, 17% suburb, 1% rural

Total staff (FTE)

14,356

District office

3332 Newburg Rd, Louisville KY 40218

County

Jefferson County

Official website

NCES District ID

2102990

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About Jefferson County

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

To provide relevant, comprehensive, quality instruction in order to educate, prepare, and inspire our students to learn.
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Public Schools in Jefferson County (189)

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Pathfinder School of Innovation

Louisville, KY · Grades KG–12 · 918 students · Other

Waggener High

Louisville, KY · Grades 09–12 · 888 students · High

Valley High

Louisville, KY · Grades 09–12 · 850 students · High

Meyzeek Middle

Louisville, KY · Grades 06–08 · 847 students · Middle

Jefferson County Traditional Middle

Louisville, KY · Grades 06–08 · 813 students · Middle

Crosby Middle

Middletown, KY · Grades 06–08 · 809 students · Middle

J. Graham Brown School

Louisville, KY · Grades KG–12 · 800 students · Other

Tully Elementary

Louisville, KY · Grades PK–05 · 791 students · Elementary

Kammerer Middle

Louisville, KY · Grades 06–08 · 781 students · Middle

Stopher Elementary

Louisville, KY · Grades PK–05 · 781 students · Elementary

Knight Middle

Louisville, KY · Grades 06–08 · 757 students · Middle

Fern Creek Elementary

Louisville, KY · Grades KG–05 · 744 students · Elementary

Farmer Elementary

Louisville, KY · Grades PK–05 · 737 students · Elementary

Bowen Elementary

Louisville, KY · Grades KG–05 · 729 students · Elementary

Norton Elementary

Louisville, KY · Grades KG–05 · 716 students · Elementary

Echo Trail Middle School

Louisville, KY · Grades 06–07 · 697 students · Middle

Jeffersontown Elementary

Jeffersontown, KY · Grades KG–05 · 686 students · Elementary

Conway Middle

Louisville, KY · Grades 06–08 · 678 students · Middle

Western Middle School for the Arts

Louisville, KY · Grades 06–08 · 665 students · Middle

Fairdale Elementary

Fairdale, KY · Grades KG–05 · 653 students · Elementary

Goldsmith Elementary

Louisville, KY · Grades KG–05 · 651 students · Elementary

Indian Trail Elementary

Louisville, KY · Grades KG–05 · 649 students · Elementary

Highland Middle

Louisville, KY · Grades 06–08 · 639 students · Middle

Laukhuf Elementary

Louisville, KY · Grades PK–05 · 627 students · Elementary