Camp Taylor Elementary

Camp Taylor Elementary operates as a mid-tier primary school in Louisville, Kentucky, part of Jefferson County. Current enrollment sits at 367 students spanning grades K through 5.

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

Looking at the student body, Camp Taylor Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 29% Hispanic, 20% Black, 5% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

On the resource side, On paper, Camp Taylor Elementary has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Jefferson County (around 61%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Camp Taylor Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.4%, the actual is 26.9%, a residual of -11.5 points.

In the area at large, census data for Jefferson County shows median household income runs about $69,866, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Camp Taylor Elementary is one of 175 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students).

Louisville Male High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Camp Taylor Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Camp Taylor Elementary at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 42.0%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Camp Taylor Elementary has declined 16%, going from 439 students in 2018 to 367 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 23% to 29% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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