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Enrollment
510
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299001959
Chancey Elementary
4301 Murphy Lane, Louisville, KY 40241 · (502) 485-8387 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL510 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.
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
13.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
309 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
6
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 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
72%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
32.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
25.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% 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 Chancey Elementary
Chancey Elementary's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chancey Elementary this school | 510 | 60.6% | 27.1% |
| Wilt Elementary Louisville | 522 | 57.7% | 44.2% |
| Jeffersontown Elementary Jeffersontown | 686 | 62.7% | 21.2% |
| Cochrane Elementary Louisville | 470 | 60.6% | 26.4% |
| Chenoweth Elementary Louisville | 569 | 57.6% | 36.0% |
| Laukhuf Elementary Louisville | 627 | 56.1% | 30.7% |
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 Chancey Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #587 of 669 | #42 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #588 of 668 | #44 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #580 of 674 | #40 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #228 of 744 | #42 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #140 of 674 | #16 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #25 of 674 | #15 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.6% | #458 of 721 | #65 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #84 of 437 | #14 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
510
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 718
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 510 | 38.1 | 13.4:1 | 61% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 560 | 37.3 | 15.0:1 | 54% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 553 | 35.3 | 15.7:1 | 55% (305) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 36 | 14.4:1 | 46% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 654 | 38.3 | 17.1:1 | 55% (362) |
| 2015-16 | 733 | 40 | 18.3:1 | 50% (369) |
| 2010-11 | 718 | 39 | 18.4:1 | 51% (365) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chancey Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (654 to 510); teachers unchanged (38.3 to 38.1).
About Chancey Elementary
This page covers Chancey Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky. The school's enrollment of 510 students covers pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Kentucky average about 421 students each.
Enrollment across the 167 schools in Jefferson County totals 95,124 students.
Enrollment at Chancey Elementary is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 37%. After that, the student body is 29% White, 21% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census figures show Jefferson County is about 21% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Chancey Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.
With 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Chancey Elementary was 13.4:1. Among elementary schools in Kentucky, the typical ratio is 15.4:1. Chancey Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 61%. That is close to the 61% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
allk12 grades Chancey Elementary a D. The grade compares the school only with Kentucky public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Chancey Elementary is among the bottom 10% of schools in Kentucky. Predicted: 42.5%. Actual: 27.1%.
Across Jefferson County, median household income is about $69,866, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Chancey Elementary is among the 175 public schools in Jefferson County.
The shortest distance from Chancey Elementary to another public school is about 2.2 miles, to Norton Commons Elementary. The five-mile area around Chancey Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 27.1% average proficiency ranks 5th among 6 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 510, close to the 518 recorded in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 14.4:1 to 13.4:1.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Norton Commons Elementary2.2 mi · 598
- Zachary Taylor Elementary2.5 mi · 260
- Bellewood2.7 mi · 7
- Anchorage Independent Public School2.9 mi · 392
- Mary Jo and William MacDonald Maryhurst3.3 mi · 63
- Westport Early Childhood Center3.4 mi · 271
Frequently asked questions
About Chancey ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Chancey Elementary?
Chancey Elementary enrolls approximately 510 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Chancey Elementary serve?
Chancey Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chancey Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chancey Elementary is approximately 13.4:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Chancey Elementary?
Student demographics at Chancey Elementary are roughly 29% White, 21% Hispanic, 37% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Chancey Elementary in?
Chancey Elementary is part of Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.