Chenoweth Elementary

Chenoweth Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in Louisville, Kentucky, part of Jefferson County. Current enrollment sits at 569 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 35% larger than typical.

Within Jefferson County, which oversees 167 schools and 95,124 students, Chenoweth Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Chenoweth Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 24% Black, 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Chenoweth Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.0%.

Around the school, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,866 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Chenoweth Elementary is one of 175 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students).

The closest other public school is Field Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chenoweth Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 47.4%.

Chenoweth Elementary operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Chenoweth Elementary's enrollment has expanded 3% since 2018, when it stood at 550 (now 569). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 61% to 43%.

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