Breckinridge Metropolitan High

Breckinridge Metropolitan High is a secondary school of micro-enrollment scale in Louisville, Kentucky, run under Jefferson County, enrolling 84 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 85% below the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 558 students.

Across the 167 schools in Jefferson County (95,124 students total), Breckinridge Metropolitan High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Breckinridge Metropolitan High reports that the largest single group is Black, at 79% of enrollment; the rest looks like 10% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 21% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Breckinridge Metropolitan High has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 3.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Jefferson County's rate of about 61%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,866 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Jefferson County's 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), Breckinridge Metropolitan High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Jefferson County Traditional Middle, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Breckinridge Metropolitan High.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Breckinridge Metropolitan High's enrollment has ticked down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 100 (now 84). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 3% to 8%.

Inside the community feed, members of the Breckinridge Metropolitan High community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.