Auburndale Elementary

Auburndale Elementary serves students in Louisville, Kentucky, as a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 596 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 421-student average for elementary schools in Kentucky, enrollment here is 42% higher.

Jefferson County operates 167 schools. Combined enrollment is 95,124 students.

By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Auburndale Elementary is Hispanic (34%). Enrollment also includes 27% Black, 25% White, 10% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 25 points above the 9% share among Jefferson County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Auburndale Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 74%.

Staffing totals 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.0:1. Elementary schools in Kentucky average about 15.4:1, a similar figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 76%. That is higher than the 61% average for public schools in Jefferson County.

Measured against Kentucky public elementary schools, Auburndale Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Auburndale Elementary, the prediction is 37.0% and the result is 27.1%.

Among Jefferson County residents, median household income is about $69,866, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Auburndale Elementary is one of 175 public schools in Jefferson County, which together enroll about 95,579 students.

Of nearby public schools, Lassiter Middle is the closest, at about 0.9 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 27.1% is above the 19.0% average for nearby schools.

The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).

Federal data show 595 students in 2020-21 and 596 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 16.1:1 to 15.0:1.

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