Enrollment
272
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000740
Byck Elementary
2328 Cedar Street, Louisville, KY 40212 · (502) 485-8221 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
11.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
250 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 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
27%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
15.0%
KY avg 47.9%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Kentucky average is about 48 of 100.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
12.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.0%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 31% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Byck Elementary
Byck Elementary's state test result (12.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byck Elementary this school | 272 | 91.9% | 12.2% |
| King Elementary Louisville | 306 | 92.2% | 7.7% |
| Maupin Elementary Louisville | 302 | 93.0% | 20.5% |
| Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School Louisville | 427 | 90.9% | 9.5% |
| Foster Traditional Academy Louisville | 317 | 84.5% | 19.9% |
| Engelhard Elementary Louisville | 265 | 86.4% | N/A |
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 Byck Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.2% | #662 of 669 | #79 of 86 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #667 of 674 | #82 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #604 of 744 | #86 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #29 of 674 | #6 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.0% | #368 of 674 | #85 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.9% | #9 of 721 | #4 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.8% | #9 of 437 | #6 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
272
-76 (-22%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 272 | 23.6 | 11.5:1 | 92% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 265 | 23.3 | 11.4:1 | 88% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 287 | 24.3 | 11.8:1 | 91% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 21 | 16.6:1 | 89% (311) |
| 2017-18 | 484 | 37 | 13.1:1 | 92% (444) |
| 2015-16 | 571 | 36 | 15.9:1 | 92% (527) |
| 2010-11 | 606 | 39 | 15.5:1 | 82% (494) |
| 2000-01 | 426 | N/A | N/A | 99% (423) |
| 1990-91 | 611 | 36 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Byck Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (484 to 272); teachers down 36% (37 to 23.6).
About Byck Elementary
Byck Elementary is a small elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky, under Jefferson County. There are 272 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Kentucky enroll around 421, and this school is 35% below that mark.
In Jefferson County, 167 schools enroll a combined 95,124 students.
The share of Black students at Byck Elementary is 85%. Other groups make up 7% multiracial and 6% White. Jefferson County as a whole is about 21% Black, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 27%.
There are 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.5:1. The gap from the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky is 3.8 students per teacher. On the income side, 92% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Jefferson County, the average eligibility rate is 61%.
On the allk12 Grade, Byck Elementary lands at F, ahead of 2% of Kentucky public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Byck Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Kentucky schools: 12.2% actual against 31.0% predicted.
For the population of Jefferson County, median household income comes to about $69,866, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Jefferson County's 175 public schools enroll about 95,579 students and include Byck Elementary.
Byck Elementary is about 0.4 miles from Western Middle School for the Arts, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Byck Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 348 to 272, a 22% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.6:1 to 11.5:1.
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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
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
Nearby schools
- Western Middle School for the Arts0.4 mi · 665
- Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School0.7 mi · 427
- Atkinson Academy0.8 mi · 462
- Grace M. James Academy of Excellence0.8 mi · 440
- Brandeis Elementary1.0 mi · 420
- Dr. J. Blaine Hudson Middle School1.1 mi · 615
Frequently asked questions
About Byck ElementaryHow many students attend Byck Elementary?
Byck Elementary enrolls approximately 272 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Byck Elementary serve?
Byck Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Byck Elementary?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Byck Elementary.
How diverse is Byck Elementary?
Byck Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 1% Hispanic, 85% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Byck Elementary in?
Byck Elementary is part of Jefferson County.
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