Chancey Elementary

Chancey Elementary is an elementary campus of moderately sized scale in Louisville, Kentucky, part of Jefferson County, serveing 510 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 21% bigger than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

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

Demographically, Chancey Elementary logs that the largest single group is Black at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% White, 21% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 21% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Chancey Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Kentucky public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 42.5%; Chancey Elementary posts 27.1%, -15.4 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put the typical household earns roughly $69,866 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Chancey Elementary is one of 175 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students).

The closest other public school is Norton Commons Elementary, roughly 2.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Chancey Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chancey Elementary has contracted 22%, going from 654 students in 2018 to 510 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 34% to 29% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.