Cochran Elementary

Cochran Elementary is an elementary school of average-sized scale in Louisville, Kentucky, operated by Jefferson County, instructing 419 students in grades K through 5.

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

In terms of who attends, Cochran Elementary logs that the largest single group is Black, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 23% White, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 21% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Cochran Elementary shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Cochran Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.6%; this one comes in at 18.9%, -16.7 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, 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 the poverty rate sits near 11%. Cochran Elementary is one of 175 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students).

Nearest neighbor: Noe Middle, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cochran Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.2%.

Cochran Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Cochran Elementary's enrollment has rose 4% since 2018, when it stood at 404 (now 419). Over the same period, the White share fell from 28% to 23%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Cochran Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.