1
What's one community event at Bowen Elementary more people should show up to?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
729
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000685
Bowen Elementary
1601 Roosevelt Ave, Louisville, KY 40242 · (502) 485-8213 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL729 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% 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.
- CBeats 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
17.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
311 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 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 135 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 141 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
71%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
55.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
45.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Bowen Elementary
Bowen Elementary's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Elementary this school | 729 | 42.7% | 47.0% |
| Farmer Elementary Louisville | 737 | 44.9% | 48.4% |
| Middletown Elementary Louisville | 573 | 48.7% | 37.3% |
| Wheeler Elementary Louisville | 626 | 45.0% | 49.9% |
| Liberty Elementary Lexington | 721 | 42.0% | 57.8% |
| Meadowthorpe Elementary School Lexington | 517 | 48.0% | 65.0% |
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 Bowen Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #282 of 669 | #18 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #308 of 668 | #18 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #235 of 674 | #16 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 729 | #34 of 744 | #5 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #596 of 674 | #66 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #46 of 674 | #24 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.7% | #648 of 721 | #80 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.1% | #200 of 233 | #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
729
+14 (+2%) vs 2020
+44% since 1990-91, when it was 508
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 729 | 42.5 | 17.2:1 | 43% (311) |
| 2023-24 | 766 | 43.5 | 17.6:1 | 40% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 692 | 42.4 | 16.3:1 | 39% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 715 | 42 | 17.0:1 | 35% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 714 | 40.6 | 17.6:1 | 43% (306) |
| 2015-16 | 727 | 39 | 18.6:1 | 48% (352) |
| 2010-11 | 701 | 40 | 17.5:1 | 37% (262) |
| 2000-01 | 733 | N/A | N/A | 28% (207) |
| 1990-91 | 508 | 25 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bowen Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (714 to 729); teachers up 5% (40.6 to 42.5).
About Bowen Elementary
A large elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky, Bowen Elementary is part of Jefferson County. It educates 729 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 73% above the 421 average for elementary schools in Kentucky.
Jefferson County includes 167 schools. Together they enroll 95,124 students.
Bowen Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 45%. Smaller groups are 18% Hispanic, 18% Black, 12% Asian, and 7% multiracial. County-wide, 63% of Jefferson County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Bowen Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
At Bowen Elementary, 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 17.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Kentucky average 15.4:1. Roughly 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Jefferson County averages 61%, higher than here.
Measured against Kentucky public elementary schools, Bowen Elementary receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Bowen Elementary is 2.2 points below its prediction. Actual: 47.0%. Predicted: 49.2%.
Bowen Elementary is located in Jefferson County, where median household income is about $69,866, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 175 public schools in Jefferson County, with a combined enrollment of about 95,579.
Westport Early Childhood Center is the public school closest to Bowen Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Bowen Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Bowen Elementary ranks 2nd of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 47.0% against a local average of 37.7%.
Federal data place Bowen Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 715 to 729.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Bowen Elementary, you can post them here. 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
Other Bowen Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Bowen Elementary. Bowen Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Bowen Elementary SchoolStanton, KY · 231 students
- Bowen ElementaryGRAND RAPIDS, MI · 357 students
Nearby schools
- Westport Early Childhood Center0.8 mi · 271
- The Brook-KMI0.8 mi · 29
- Westport Middle1.1 mi · 988
- Mary Jo and William MacDonald Maryhurst1.1 mi · 63
- Zachary Taylor Elementary1.2 mi · 260
- The Phoenix School of Discovery1.6 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About Bowen ElementaryHow large is Bowen Elementary?
Bowen Elementary enrolls approximately 729 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Bowen Elementary serve?
Bowen Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Bowen Elementary?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Bowen Elementary.
How diverse is Bowen Elementary?
Bowen Elementary reports a student body of 45% White, 18% Hispanic, 18% Black, 12% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Bowen Elementary?
Bowen Elementary is overseen by Jefferson County in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.