District overview
At a glance
Source years shown below
Reported students
95,180
NCES CCD 2024–25, where reported
Open schools
171
NCES preliminary directory 2025–26
Student–teacher ratio
15.2:1
Calculated from NCES 2024–25 enrollment and teacher FTE
Spending per pupil
$18,189
Current expenditure · FY 2023 F-33
Instruction per pupil
$9,680
Calculated from FY 2023 F-33
Grades served
PK–12
NCES preliminary directory 2025–26
District interpretation
What the numbers say about Jefferson County
Jefferson County operates 171 current public-school records serving grades PK–12 in Louisville, Kentucky. NCES reports 95,180 students and 6,243.22 classroom teacher FTE for 2024–25.
By reported enrollment, the district ranks 1 of 177 Kentucky districts with data. That position describes scale only—it does not say whether individual schools are a good fit for a particular student.
FY 2023 finance records show $18,189 in current expenditure per pupil and $9,680 per pupil assigned to instruction. This places reported current spending 9 of 171 districts in Kentucky. Local wages, transportation, special education, facilities, and district responsibilities all affect this comparison.
Student context
Needs schools plan for
- English learners
- 13.4%
- Students with disabilities (IDEA)
- 11.9%
- Classroom teachers (FTE)
- 6,243.22
- Current expenditure (FY 2023)
- $1,732,104,000
Context measures describe who a district serves and its resources. They are not negative rating inputs.
Jefferson County location
Louisville, Kentucky · 38.1995, -85.6851. This is the NCES EDGE district-office point, not an attendance boundary.
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Race and ethnicity share of reported enrollment
- White33.1%
- Hispanic19.3%
- Black36.1%
- Asian5.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
- Multiracial6%
Race/ethnicity: NCES CCD 2024–25 where reported, otherwise CRDC 2021–22. English learner and disability context: CRDC 2021–22. Totals can differ due to rounding or source privacy rules.
Interactive campus directory
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171 current directory entries
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Showing 171 of 171 schools
| School | Level | Grades | Students | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ackerly | High | 05–12 | 4 | 2:1 |
| Ahrens Educational Resource Center | High | 12–12 | 38 | 7.5:1 |
| Alex R. Kennedy Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 369 | 15.1:1 |
| Atherton High | High | 09–12 | 1,466 | 18.1:1 |
| Atkinson Academy | Elementary | KG–05 | 462 | 14.3:1 |
| Auburndale Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 596 | 15:1 |
| Audubon Traditional Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 610 | 20.2:1 |
| Ballard High | High | 09–12 | 2,148 | 19:1 |
| Barret Traditional Middle | Middle | 06–08 | 579 | 16.3:1 |
| Bates Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 585 | 16:1 |
| Bellewood | Elementary | KG–05 | 7 | 2.3:1 |
| Binet School | Other | KG–12 | 22 | 1.4:1 |
| Blake Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 561 | 21.3:1 |
| Bloom Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 533 | 17.4:1 |
| Blue Lick Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 508 | 15.1:1 |
| Bowen Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 729 | 17.2:1 |
| Boys & Girls Haven | High | 06–12 | 20 | 5.6:1 |
| Brandeis Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 420 | 15.9:1 |
| Breckinridge Metropolitan High | High | 07–12 | 84 | 3.1:1 |
| Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 399 | 12.4:1 |
| Brooklawn | High | 06–12 | 28 | 4:1 |
| Butler Traditional High | High | 09–12 | 1,290 | 16.3:1 |
| Byck Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 272 | 11.5:1 |
| Camp Taylor Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 367 | 11.4:1 |
| Cane Run Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 401 | 17.2:1 |
| Carrithers Middle | Middle | 06–08 | 545 | 14.2:1 |
| Carter Traditional Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 471 | 16.3:1 |
| Central High Magnet Career Academy | High | 09–12 | 1,256 | 15.5:1 |
| Chancey Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 510 | 13.4:1 |
| Chenoweth Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 569 | 16.9:1 |
| Churchill Park School | Other | PK–12 | 74 | 2.6:1 |
| Cochran Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 419 | 12.6:1 |
| Cochrane Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 470 | 13:1 |
| Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 315 | 16.6:1 |
| Conway Middle | Middle | 06–08 | 678 | 18.9:1 |
| Coral Ridge Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 567 | 14.4:1 |
| Crosby Middle | Middle | 06–08 | 809 | 15:1 |
| Crums Lane Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 457 | 18.8:1 |
| Dawson Orman Education Center | Other | PK–PK | 149 | 13.5:1 |
| Dixie Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 370 | 14.2:1 |
| Doss High | High | 09–12 | 1,235 | 16.6:1 |
| Dr. Grace M. James Academy of Excellence | Other | 06–11 | 440 | 13.1:1 |
| Dr. J. Blaine Hudson Middle School | Middle | 06–08 | 615 | 23.7:1 |
| Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School | Elementary | KG–05 | 427 | 18.4:1 |
| Dunn Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 425 | 16.3:1 |
| duPont Manual High | High | 09–12 | 1,899 | 16.8:1 |
| DuValle Education Center | Other | PK–PK | 143 | 15.9:1 |
| Eastern High | High | 09–12 | 1,790 | 16.5:1 |
| Echo Trail Middle School | Middle | 06–08 | 697 | 15.1:1 |
| Eisenhower Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 592 | 17.6:1 |
| Fairdale Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 653 | 15.5:1 |
| Fairdale High | High | 09–12 | 1,405 | 15.4:1 |
| Farmer Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 737 | 17.3:1 |
| Farnsley Middle | Middle | 06–08 | 919 | 16.4:1 |
| Fern Creek Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 744 | 16.1:1 |
| Fern Creek High | High | 09–12 | 1,525 | 15.2:1 |
| Field Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 465 | 17.7:1 |
| Foster Traditional Academy | Elementary | KG–05 | 317 | 12.8:1 |
| Frayser Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 419 | 14.9:1 |
| Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North | Middle | 06–08 | 470 | 13.2:1 |
| Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South | Middle | 06–08 | 543 | 15.7:1 |
| George Unseld Early Childhood Center | Other | PK–PK | 266 | 16.6:1 |
| Georgia Chaffee Teenage Parent Program | High | 06–12 | 43 | 2.2:1 |
| Gheens Early Childhood Center | Other | PK–PK | 32 | 6.4:1 |
| Goldsmith Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 651 | 14.1:1 |
| Greathouse/Shryock Traditional | Elementary | KG–05 | 607 | 17.7:1 |
| Greenwood Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 457 | 18.1:1 |
| Gutermuth Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 451 | 14.1:1 |
| Hartstern Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 597 | 17.9:1 |
| Hawthorne Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 437 | 13.8:1 |
| Hazelwood Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 527 | 14.1:1 |
| Heuser Hearing & Language Academy | Elementary | PK–KG | 7 | 7:1 |
| Highland Middle | Middle | 06–08 | 639 | 12.8:1 |
| Hite Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 498 | 19:1 |
| Home of the Innocents Discovery | Other | PK–12 | 26 | 8.6:1 |
| Home of the Innocents School | Other | KG–12 | 30 | 4.3:1 |
| Home/Hospital | Other | PK–12 | 1 | 0.1:1 |
| Indian Trail Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 649 | 17.9:1 |
| Iroquois High | High | 09–12 | 1,301 | 16.1:1 |
| J. Graham Brown School | Other | KG–12 | 800 | 17.3:1 |
| Jacob Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 519 | 14.4:1 |
| Jefferson County Traditional Middle | Middle | 06–08 | 813 | 18.4:1 |
| Jefferson Regional Juvenile Detention Ce | Other | KG–12 | 0 | 0:1 |
| Jefferson Technical College | Other | UG–UG | 0 | — |
| Jeffersontown Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 686 | 16.3:1 |
| Jeffersontown High | High | 09–12 | 1,196 | 15.9:1 |
| Johnson Traditional Middle | Middle | 06–08 | 516 | 19.6:1 |
| Johnsontown Road Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 406 | 14.7:1 |
| Kammerer Middle | Middle | 06–08 | 781 | 15:1 |
| Kennedy Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 482 | 18.2:1 |
| Kentucky TECH - Jefferson Campus | Other | UG–UG | 0 | — |
| Kenwood Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 596 | 16.4:1 |
| Kerrick Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 348 | 11.9:1 |
| King Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 306 | 15.7:1 |
| Klondike Lane Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 527 | 15:1 |
| Knight Middle | Middle | 06–08 | 757 | 18.8:1 |
| Lassiter Middle | Middle | 06–08 | 921 | 15.5:1 |
| Laukhuf Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 627 | 17.4:1 |
| Layne Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 430 | 20.4:1 |
| Liberty High | High | 07–12 | 100 | 3.5:1 |
| Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts | Elementary | KG–05 | 578 | 15.7:1 |
| Louisville Male High | High | 09–12 | 1,763 | 19.2:1 |
| Lowe Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 608 | 17:1 |
| Luhr Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 544 | 16.7:1 |
| Marion C. Moore School | High | 06–12 | 1,892 | 14.3:1 |
| Mary Jo and William MacDonald Maryhurst | High | 06–12 | 63 | 4.8:1 |
| Mary Ryan Academy | High | 09–12 | 16 | 3.1:1 |
| Maupin Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 302 | 13:1 |
| Mcferran Preparatory Academy | Elementary | PK–05 | 584 | 13.1:1 |
| Medora Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 460 | 15.8:1 |
| Meyzeek Middle | Middle | 06–08 | 847 | 16.7:1 |
| Middletown Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 573 | 16.7:1 |
| Mill Creek Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 437 | 16.6:1 |
| Minor Daniels Academy | High | 06–12 | 184 | 6.5:1 |
| Minors Lane Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 370 | 11.1:1 |
| Newburg Middle | Middle | 06–08 | 615 | 13.4:1 |
| Newcomer Academy | High | 06–12 | 578 | 10.4:1 |
| Noe Middle | Middle | 06–08 | 1,155 | 19.7:1 |
| Norton Commons Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 598 | 17.5:1 |
| Norton Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 716 | 16:1 |
| Okolona Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 417 | 15.9:1 |
| Outside School Day Program | Other | PK–12 | 0 | — |
| Pathfinder School of Innovation Virtual | High | 09–12 | 918 | 15.8:1 |
| Peace Academy | Other | PK–12 | 107 | 4.2:1 |
| Pleasure Ridge Park High | High | 09–12 | 1,777 | 19.7:1 |
| Portland Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 304 | 14:1 |
| Price Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 470 | 16.7:1 |
| Ramsey Middle | Middle | 06–08 | 1,151 | 17.7:1 |
| Rangeland Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 532 | 17.6:1 |
| Rutherford Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 476 | 23.4:1 |
| Sanders Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 394 | 14:1 |
| Schaffner Traditional Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 573 | 17.3:1 |
| Semple Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 592 | 14.4:1 |
| Seneca High | High | 09–12 | 1,255 | 13.4:1 |
| Shacklette Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 429 | 13.8:1 |
| Shelby Academy | Elementary | KG–05 | 290 | 9.9:1 |
| Slaughter Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 466 | 17.1:1 |
| Smyrna Elementary School | Elementary | PK–05 | 515 | 15.4:1 |
| Southern High | High | 09–12 | 1,725 | 17.6:1 |
| St Joseph Children's Home | Elementary | KG–08 | 30 | 4:1 |
| St Matthews Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 598 | 17.3:1 |
| Stonestreet Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 517 | 15.6:1 |
| Stopher Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 781 | 18.5:1 |
| Stuart Middle School | Middle | 06–08 | 1,166 | 17.4:1 |
| The Academy @ Shawnee | High | 06–12 | 1,051 | 15.6:1 |
| The Brook-Dupont | Elementary | PK–08 | 2 | 0.5:1 |
| The Brook-KMI | High | 06–12 | 29 | 3.3:1 |
| The Phoenix School of Discovery | High | 06–12 | 383 | 9.1:1 |
| Thomas Jefferson Early Childhood Center | Other | PK–PK | 57 | 9.5:1 |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle | Middle | 06–08 | 943 | 13.8:1 |
| Trunnell Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 528 | 14.6:1 |
| Tully Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 791 | 16:1 |
| U of L PACT Program | High | 12–12 | 19 | 9:1 |
| Valley High | High | 09–12 | 850 | 14.2:1 |
| Visually Impaired Preschool Services | Other | PK–PK | 0 | — |
| W.E.B. DuBois Academy | High | 06–12 | 477 | 12.7:1 |
| Waggener High | High | 09–12 | 888 | 14.1:1 |
| Waller-Williams Environmental | Other | KG–12 | 64 | 4.7:1 |
| Watterson Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 454 | 12.8:1 |
| Wellington Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 418 | 17.2:1 |
| Western Day Treatment | Elementary | KG–05 | 14 | 3.1:1 |
| Western High | High | 09–12 | 409 | 12.2:1 |
| Western Middle School for the Arts | Middle | 06–08 | 665 | 15.8:1 |
| Westport Early Childhood Center | Other | PK–PK | 271 | 14.3:1 |
| Westport Middle | Middle | 06–08 | 988 | 14:1 |
| Wheeler Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 626 | 16:1 |
| Whitney Young Elementary at Engelhard | Elementary | KG–05 | 265 | 12.4:1 |
| Wilder Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 496 | 14.5:1 |
| Wilkerson Elementary School | Elementary | PK–05 | 541 | 14.4:1 |
| Wilt Elementary | Elementary | PK–05 | 522 | 15.8:1 |
| Zachary Taylor Elementary | Elementary | KG–05 | 260 | 11.2:1 |