Brandeis Elementary

Brandeis Elementary, a moderately sized elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky, part of Jefferson County, educates 420 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within Jefferson County, which oversees 167 schools and 95,124 students, Brandeis Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Brandeis Elementary shows that the largest single group is Black, at 61% of enrollment; the rest looks like 16% White, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the resource side, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 51% of students at Brandeis Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Jefferson County's rate of about 61%.

With demographic context factored in, Brandeis Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.9%; this one delivers 40.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put the typical household earns roughly $69,866 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Jefferson County's 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), Brandeis Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Maupin Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Brandeis Elementary at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 15.6%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Brandeis Elementary's enrollment has edged down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 558 (now 420). The Black share of enrollment grew from 46% to 61% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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