1
Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Ballard High administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
2,148
High
DISTRICT 862 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000695
Ballard High
6000 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, KY 40222 · (502) 485-8206 · Jefferson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,148 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% 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.
- 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
113 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
776 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 | 623 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 578 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 493 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 447 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 0% |
Student demographics
67%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
49.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
49.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Ballard High
Ballard High's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballard High this school | 2,148 | 36.1% | 43.8% |
| Eastern High Middletown | 1,790 | 35.5% | 35.3% |
| Henry Clay High School Lexington | 1,939 | 41.7% | 49.8% |
| Lafayette High School Lexington | 2,370 | 33.1% | 54.5% |
| Atherton High Louisville | 1,466 | 41.1% | 57.8% |
| Frederick Douglass High School Lexington | 1,770 | 46.2% | 38.8% |
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 Ballard High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #50 of 211 | #3 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #54 of 211 | #3 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #92 of 211 | #3 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,148 | #2 of 304 | #1 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #183 of 217 | #21 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #23 of 217 | #11 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.1% | #215 of 230 | #23 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.2% | #22 of 72 | #5 of 11 |
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
2,148
+113 (+6%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 1,605
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 2,148 | 112.9 | 19.0:1 | 36% (776) |
| 2023-24 | 2,033 | 107.9 | 18.8:1 | 33% (677) |
| 2022-23 | 2,014 | 108.4 | 18.6:1 | 34% (687) |
| 2020-21 | 2,035 | 104 | 19.6:1 | 34% (689) |
| 2017-18 | 1,881 | 100.4 | 18.7:1 | 36% (685) |
| 2015-16 | 1,945 | 104 | 18.7:1 | 36% (697) |
| 2010-11 | 1,839 | 99 | 18.6:1 | 31% (570) |
| 2000-01 | 1,745 | 83 | 21.0:1 | 12% (209) |
| 1990-91 | 1,605 | 84 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ballard High.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (1,881 to 2,148); teachers up 12% (100.4 to 112.9).
About Ballard High
Ballard High is a high-enrollment high school in Kentucky, located in Louisville. In all, 2,148 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. That is 285% bigger than the average of about 558 students for high schools in Kentucky.
Ballard High is run by Jefferson County, whose 167 schools enroll 95,124 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Ballard High is White, with 50% of students. The next largest groups are 25% Black, 12% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The school's White share is 14 points below the 63% share among Jefferson County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
On staff are 112.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.0:1. High schools in Kentucky average 16.6:1, 2.4 fewer students per teacher than here. Ballard High has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 36%. For comparison, public schools in Jefferson County average 61%.
Among Kentucky public high schools, Ballard High outscored 63%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Ballard High, the prediction is 51.6% and the result is 43.8%.
The county, Jefferson County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $69,866 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Jefferson County has 175 public schools with about 95,579 students, including Ballard High.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Kammerer Middle, is the closest to Ballard High. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ballard High. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Ballard High is 4th of 6 on 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.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 113 students, from 2,035 to 2,148.
The Ballard High discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- 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
- Southern HighHigh · 1,725 students
Other schools in Louisville
- 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
- Fern Creek HighHigh · 1,525 students
Other Ballard High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Ballard High. Ballard High is the largest of the 4.
- Ballard High SchoolSEATTLE, WA · 1,697 students
- Ballard High SchoolHuxley, IA · 586 students
- BALLARD HIGHBUTLER, MO · 59 students
Nearby schools
- Kammerer Middle0.3 mi · 781
- Wilder Elementary0.4 mi · 496
- Dunn Elementary1.0 mi · 425
- Westport Middle1.5 mi · 988
- Norton Elementary1.7 mi · 716
- The Brook-KMI1.7 mi · 29
Frequently asked questions
About Ballard HighWhat is the total enrollment at Ballard High?
Ballard High enrolls approximately 2,148 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Ballard High serve?
Ballard High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ballard High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ballard High is approximately 19.0:1 (113 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ballard High?
At Ballard High, the student body is approximately 50% White, 12% Hispanic, 25% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Ballard High?
Ballard High is overseen by Jefferson County in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.