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Alumni: what's one memory from Carter Traditional Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000784
Carter Traditional Elementary
3600 Bohne Ave, Louisville, KY 40211 · (502) 485-8225 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% 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.
- DBeats 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
16.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
351 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
5
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 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
41%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
36.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
20.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
24.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Carter Traditional Elementary
Carter Traditional Elementary's state test result (24.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Traditional Elementary this school | 471 | 74.5% | 24.8% |
| Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary Louisville | 315 | 76.2% | 17.0% |
| Cochran Elementary Louisville | 419 | 79.2% | 18.9% |
| Mill Creek Elementary Louisville | 437 | 83.1% | 14.5% |
| Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary Louisville | 399 | 78.4% | 25.4% |
| Kennedy Elementary Louisville | 482 | 85.3% | 11.1% |
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 Carter Traditional Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #607 of 669 | #49 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #628 of 668 | #56 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #543 of 674 | #29 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #288 of 744 | #48 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #538 of 674 | #55 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.5% | #261 of 674 | #80 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.5% | #199 of 721 | #42 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #103 of 437 | #15 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
471
-134 (-22%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 592
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 471 | 28.9 | 16.3:1 | 75% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 23.7 | 21.9:1 | 63% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 33.4 | 16.4:1 | 69% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 605 | 33 | 18.3:1 | 56% (337) |
| 2017-18 | 592 | 30.3 | 19.5:1 | 46% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 30 | 20.6:1 | 50% (306) |
| 2010-11 | 575 | 29 | 19.8:1 | 49% (281) |
| 2000-01 | 586 | N/A | N/A | 39% (229) |
| 1990-91 | 592 | 30 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carter Traditional Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (592 to 471); teachers down 5% (30.3 to 28.9).
About Carter Traditional Elementary
Carter Traditional Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 471 students.
Carter Traditional Elementary is one school in Jefferson County, a system of 167 schools with 95,124 students.
Carter Traditional Elementary is 76% Black by enrollment. The remaining students are 14% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Among people living in Jefferson County, the Black share is about 21%. Pick two students at random and there is a 41% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Carter Traditional Elementary employs 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.3:1. This ratio sits 1.0 above the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 75% in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Jefferson County averages 61%, lower than here.
Carter Traditional Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 9% of Kentucky public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Carter Traditional Elementary is -12.6 points: 24.8% actual, 37.4% predicted.
Census estimates describe Jefferson County this way: the median household income is $69,866, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Carter Traditional Elementary, Jefferson County has 174 other public schools.
DuValle Education Center is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Carter Traditional Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Carter Traditional Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Federal data place Carter Traditional Elementary in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 134 students since 2020-21, to 471. The school's ratio fell from 18.3:1 to 16.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- DuValle Education Center0.1 mi · 143
- Kennedy Elementary0.3 mi · 482
- Foster Traditional Academy0.7 mi · 317
- Maupin Elementary0.8 mi · 302
- Johnson Traditional Middle1.2 mi · 516
- Cane Run Elementary1.3 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About Carter Traditional ElementaryHow large is Carter Traditional Elementary?
Carter Traditional Elementary enrolls approximately 471 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Carter Traditional Elementary serve?
Carter Traditional Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Carter Traditional Elementary?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Carter Traditional Elementary.
How diverse is Carter Traditional Elementary?
Carter Traditional Elementary reports a student body of 14% White, 4% Hispanic, 76% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Carter Traditional Elementary public or private?
Carter Traditional Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.