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Enrollment
1,466
High
DISTRICT 862 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000632
Atherton High
3000 Dundee Road, Louisville, KY 40205 · (502) 485-8202 · Jefferson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,466 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Kentucky public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
602 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 397 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 392 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 380 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 290 | 20% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 0% |
Student demographics
56%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
72.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
58.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Atherton High
Atherton High's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton High this school | 1,466 | 41.1% | 57.8% |
| Dixie Heights High School Fort Mitchell | 1,499 | 40.8% | 44.8% |
| Madisonville North Hopkins High School Madisonville | 1,023 | 43.4% | 44.3% |
| Elizabethtown High School Elizabethtown | 757 | 36.6% | 48.8% |
| John Hardin High School Elizabethtown | 868 | 48.2% | 47.3% |
| Henderson County High School Henderson | 1,852 | 43.6% | 50.3% |
Matched among Kentucky high 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 Atherton High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #7 of 211 | #2 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #20 of 211 | #2 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #5 of 211 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,466 | #32 of 304 | #9 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #156 of 217 | #20 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #46 of 217 | #19 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.1% | #202 of 230 | #22 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #139 of 139 | #12 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,466
-29 (-2%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 976
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 1,466 | 80.9 | 18.1:1 | 41% (602) |
| 2023-24 | 1,496 | 80 | 18.7:1 | 38% (571) |
| 2022-23 | 1,461 | 80.8 | 18.1:1 | 39% (571) |
| 2020-21 | 1,495 | 77 | 19.4:1 | 35% (527) |
| 2017-18 | 1,471 | 70.7 | 20.8:1 | 42% (620) |
| 2015-16 | 1,361 | 68 | 20.0:1 | 41% (561) |
| 2010-11 | 1,163 | 67 | 17.4:1 | 48% (557) |
| 2000-01 | 1,138 | 55 | 20.7:1 | 39% (449) |
| 1990-91 | 976 | 55 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Atherton High.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,471 to 1,466); teachers up 15% (70.7 to 80.9).
About Atherton High
Atherton High is a high school with a street address in Louisville, Kentucky. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 1,466 students. The average among high schools in Kentucky is roughly 558 students; this school is 163% larger than that.
In Jefferson County, 167 schools enroll a combined 95,124 students.
Roughly 63% of students at Atherton High are White. Enrollment also includes 18% Black, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 63% White, within a few points of the school. Atherton High's diversity index is 56%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 80.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.1:1. This ratio sits 1.5 above the 16.6:1 average for high schools in Kentucky. Roughly 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Jefferson County is 61%.
allk12 grades Atherton High an A+. The grade compares the school only with Kentucky public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 49.8% at Atherton High; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 57.8%.
In the county around the school, Jefferson County, the median household income is $69,866, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 175 public schools in Jefferson County, enrolling about 95,579 students in all.
The nearest public school is Brooklawn, at about 0.9 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 1,495 students in 2020-21 and 1,466 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 19.4:1 to 18.1:1 over the same years.
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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
- Brooklawn0.9 mi · 28
- Hawthorne Elementary0.9 mi · 437
- Home/Hospital1.0 mi · 1
- Boys & Girls Haven1.1 mi · 20
- Highland Middle1.2 mi · 639
- Peace Academy1.2 mi · 107
Frequently asked questions
About Atherton HighHow large is Atherton High?
Atherton High enrolls approximately 1,466 students in grades 09-12.
Is Atherton High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Atherton High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Atherton High have?
Atherton High employs 81 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
How diverse is Atherton High?
Atherton High reports a student body of 63% White, 8% Hispanic, 18% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Atherton High in?
Atherton High is part of Jefferson County.
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