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Enrollment
610
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000643
Audubon Traditional Elementary
1051 Hess Lane, Louisville, KY 40217 · (502) 485-8205 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL610 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
20.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
282 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
5
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 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
64%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
59.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
51.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Audubon Traditional Elementary
Audubon Traditional Elementary's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audubon Traditional Elementary this school | 610 | 46.2% | 49.8% |
| Wilder Elementary Louisville | 496 | 46.2% | 51.4% |
| Bates Elementary Louisville | 585 | 47.5% | 46.9% |
| Tully Elementary Louisville | 791 | 41.2% | 51.2% |
| Clark Elementary School Paducah | 615 | 46.5% | 59.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts Louisville | 578 | 53.6% | 30.4% |
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 Audubon Traditional Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #237 of 669 | #14 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #216 of 668 | #12 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #176 of 674 | #10 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 610 | #103 of 744 | #13 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #665 of 674 | #87 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #118 of 674 | #53 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.2% | #617 of 721 | #76 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #423 of 437 | #41 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
610
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 500
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 610 | 30.2 | 20.2:1 | 46% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 616 | 33.2 | 18.5:1 | 39% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 614 | 30.6 | 20.1:1 | 45% (277) |
| 2020-21 | 616 | 30 | 20.5:1 | 33% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 616 | 32.2 | 19.1:1 | 35% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 31 | 19.9:1 | 36% (223) |
| 2010-11 | 622 | 31 | 20.1:1 | 32% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 588 | N/A | N/A | 22% (130) |
| 1990-91 | 500 | 23 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Audubon Traditional Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (616 to 610); teachers down 6% (32.2 to 30.2).
About Audubon Traditional Elementary
In Louisville, Kentucky, part of Jefferson County, Audubon Traditional Elementary is an elementary school. The latest federal count shows 610 students in kindergarten through 5. Against the 421-student average for elementary schools in Kentucky, enrollment here is 45% higher.
Audubon Traditional Elementary is among 167 schools run by Jefferson County, which serves 95,124 students.
The most common group at Audubon Traditional Elementary is White students, at 46%. Other groups make up 37% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. Jefferson County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Audubon Traditional Elementary, 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 20.2:1. That is higher than the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky. Roughly 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Jefferson County is 61%.
allk12 grades Audubon Traditional Elementary a B. The grade compares the school only with Kentucky public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Audubon Traditional Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Kentucky schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.8% and a predicted 47.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Jefferson County show that the median household income is $69,866, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. There are 175 public schools in Jefferson County, enrolling about 95,579 students in all.
The closest public school to Audubon Traditional Elementary is Camp Taylor Elementary, about 1.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Audubon Traditional Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 616 in 2020-21 and 610 in 2024-25.
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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
- Camp Taylor Elementary1.0 mi · 367
- Churchill Park School1.1 mi · 74
- Shelby Academy1.3 mi · 290
- Peace Academy1.3 mi · 107
- U of L PACT Program1.6 mi · 19
- Louisville Male High1.7 mi · 1,763
Frequently asked questions
About Audubon Traditional ElementaryHow large is Audubon Traditional Elementary?
Audubon Traditional Elementary enrolls approximately 610 students in grades KG-05.
Is Audubon Traditional Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Audubon Traditional Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Audubon Traditional Elementary have?
Audubon Traditional Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Audubon Traditional Elementary?
Student demographics at Audubon Traditional Elementary are roughly 46% White, 5% Hispanic, 37% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Audubon Traditional Elementary public or private?
Audubon Traditional Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.