Enrollment
369
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299002421
Alex R. Kennedy Elementary
4515 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY 40220 · (502) 485-6950 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL369 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
219 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
35.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
38.5%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alex R. Kennedy Elementary
Alex R. Kennedy Elementary's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex R. Kennedy Elementary this school | 369 | 59.3% | 34.5% |
| Westport Early Childhood Center Louisville | 271 | 63.5% | N/A |
| Luhr Elementary Louisville | 544 | 62.7% | 38.0% |
| Meadowthorpe Elementary School Lexington | 517 | 48.0% | 65.0% |
| Middletown Elementary Louisville | 573 | 48.7% | 37.3% |
| Wilt Elementary Louisville | 522 | 57.7% | 44.2% |
Matched among Kentucky elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alex R. Kennedy Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #498 of 669 | #28 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #426 of 668 | #24 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #552 of 674 | #31 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 369 | #482 of 744 | #77 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #379 of 674 | #37 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.6% | #3 of 674 | #1 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.3% | #479 of 721 | #66 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.8% | #103 of 233 | #22 of 46 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
369
+32 (+9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 369 | 24.5 | 15.1:1 | 59% (219) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 22.7 | 16.6:1 | 55% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 24.1 | 14.8:1 | 58% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 337 | 22 | 15.3:1 | 58% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 19.5 | 17.4:1 | 66% (225) |
| 2015-16 | 279 | 13 | 21.5:1 | 73% (203) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alex R. Kennedy Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (339 to 369); teachers up 26% (19.5 to 24.5).
About Alex R. Kennedy Elementary
Alex R. Kennedy Elementary is an elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky, and it is part of Jefferson County. The school's 369 students are in pre-K through 5.
Alex R. Kennedy Elementary sits within Jefferson County, which has 167 schools and 95,124 students.
The most common group at Alex R. Kennedy Elementary is White students, at 33%. Other groups include 26% Black, 21% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 63% White. Alex R. Kennedy Elementary's diversity index is 76%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 24.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.1:1. That matches the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky fairly closely. Around 59% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Jefferson County average 61%.
The allk12 Grade for Alex R. Kennedy Elementary is C-. Compared with Kentucky public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 22% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Alex R. Kennedy Elementary is 8.5 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Kentucky schools.
Alex R. Kennedy Elementary is located in Jefferson County, where the median household income is $69,866, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides Alex R. Kennedy Elementary, Jefferson County has 174 other public schools.
Greathouse/Shryock Traditional is located about 1.4 miles from Alex R. Kennedy Elementary. The five-mile area around Alex R. Kennedy Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 34.5% average proficiency ranks 4th among 8 nearby schools.
Alex R. Kennedy Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 32 more students in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
783,022
Census ACS
Median income
$69,866
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
175
95,579 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County
- Ballard HighHigh · 2,148 students
- duPont Manual HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Marion C. Moore SchoolHigh · 1,892 students
- Eastern HighHigh · 1,790 students
- Pleasure Ridge Park HighHigh · 1,777 students
- Louisville Male HighHigh · 1,763 students
Other schools in Louisville
- Ballard HighHigh · 2,148 students
- duPont Manual HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Marion C. Moore SchoolHigh · 1,892 students
- Pleasure Ridge Park HighHigh · 1,777 students
- Louisville Male HighHigh · 1,763 students
- Southern HighHigh · 1,725 students
Nearby schools
- Greathouse/Shryock Traditional1.4 mi · 607
- Cochrane Elementary1.5 mi · 470
- Jeffersontown High1.6 mi · 1,196
- Lowe Elementary1.7 mi · 608
- The Brook-Dupont1.9 mi · 2
- Jeffersontown Elementary2.2 mi · 686
Frequently asked questions
About Alex R. Kennedy ElementaryHow many students attend Alex R. Kennedy Elementary?
Alex R. Kennedy Elementary enrolls approximately 369 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Alex R. Kennedy Elementary serve?
Alex R. Kennedy Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alex R. Kennedy Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alex R. Kennedy Elementary is approximately 15.1:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alex R. Kennedy Elementary?
At Alex R. Kennedy Elementary, the student body is approximately 33% White, 21% Hispanic, 26% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Alex R. Kennedy Elementary in?
Alex R. Kennedy Elementary is part of Jefferson County.
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