Enrollment
399
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299001855
Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary
1351 Payne St., Louisville, KY 40206 · (502) 485-8215 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- DTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
313 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
0
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 | 81 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 37% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
58%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
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KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
27.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
22.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
25.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary
Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary's state test result (25.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary this school | 399 | 78.4% | 25.4% |
| Cochran Elementary Louisville | 419 | 79.2% | 18.9% |
| Cane Run Elementary Louisville | 401 | 83.0% | N/A |
| Jacob Elementary Louisville | 519 | 82.7% | 13.1% |
| Crums Lane Elementary Louisville | 457 | 80.7% | 16.6% |
| Wellington Elementary Louisville | 418 | 78.5% | 20.0% |
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 Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #604 of 669 | #48 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #614 of 668 | #53 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #615 of 674 | #53 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #436 of 744 | #72 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #65 of 674 | #9 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #163 of 674 | #65 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.4% | #130 of 721 | #27 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #184 of 437 | #23 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
399
+40 (+11%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 495
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 399 | 32.1 | 12.4:1 | 78% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 327 | 30.6 | 10.7:1 | 77% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 266 | 29.9 | 8.9:1 | 83% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 34 | 10.6:1 | 77% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 34.4 | 13.6:1 | 80% (375) |
| 2015-16 | 481 | 31 | 15.5:1 | 86% (413) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 30 | 12.4:1 | 94% (350) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | N/A | N/A | 89% (439) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (466 to 399); teachers down 7% (34.4 to 32.1).
About Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary
At 1351 Payne St. in Louisville, Kentucky, Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school. The school's 399 students are in kindergarten through 5.
District-wide, Jefferson County has 167 schools and 95,124 students.
Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary is 60% Black by enrollment. Other reported shares: 19% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 21% Black among all Jefferson County residents. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.4:1. That is 2.9 students per teacher below the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 78%. That is higher than the 61% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
The allk12 Grade for Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary is D. Compared with Kentucky public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 11% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Kentucky schools: 25.4% actual against 35.9% predicted.
Within Jefferson County, the median household income is $69,866, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Besides Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary, Jefferson County has 174 other public schools.
Home of the Innocents Discovery is located about 0.5 miles from Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary is behind the 42.9% nearby average, ranking 5th of 5.
Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 11% from 2020-21, when Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary had 359 students, to 2024-25, when it had 399. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 12.4:1, from 10.6:1.
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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
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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
- Home of the Innocents Discovery0.5 mi · 26
- Home of the Innocents School0.5 mi · 30
- Breckinridge Metropolitan High0.6 mi · 84
- Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts0.6 mi · 578
- Jefferson County Traditional Middle0.7 mi · 813
- Kentucky School for the Blind0.8 mi · 63
Frequently asked questions
About Breckinridge-Franklin ElementaryHow large is Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary?
Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary enrolls approximately 399 students in grades KG-05.
Is Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary have?
Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary?
Student demographics at Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary are roughly 19% White, 14% Hispanic, 60% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary in?
Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary is part of Jefferson County.
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