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Which teacher or staff member at Cochrane Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000676
Cochrane Elementary
2511 Tregaron Avenue, Louisville, KY 40299 · (502) 485-8231 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% 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
13.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
285 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 42 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
74%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
28.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
24.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% 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 Cochrane Elementary
Cochrane Elementary's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cochrane Elementary this school | 470 | 60.6% | 26.4% |
| Wilt Elementary Louisville | 522 | 57.7% | 44.2% |
| Laukhuf Elementary Louisville | 627 | 56.1% | 30.7% |
| Chancey Elementary Louisville | 510 | 60.6% | 27.1% |
| Jeffersontown Elementary Jeffersontown | 686 | 62.7% | 21.2% |
| Smyrna Elementary School Louisville | 515 | 69.7% | 27.7% |
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 Cochrane Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #591 of 669 | #44 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #593 of 668 | #46 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #607 of 674 | #47 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #290 of 744 | #49 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #103 of 674 | #13 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.8% | #13 of 674 | #10 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.6% | #456 of 721 | #64 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #159 of 233 | #30 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
470
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
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 | 470 | 36.1 | 13.0:1 | 61% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 33.3 | 14.8:1 | 56% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 34.7 | 14.1:1 | 55% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 477 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 57% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 453 | 29.4 | 15.4:1 | 77% (348) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 26 | 16.9:1 | 73% (322) |
| 2010-11 | 474 | 28 | 16.9:1 | 83% (395) |
| 2000-01 | 442 | N/A | N/A | 55% (241) |
| 1990-91 | 351 | 19 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cochrane Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (453 to 470); teachers up 23% (29.4 to 36.1).
About Cochrane Elementary
Cochrane Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school found in Louisville, Kentucky. The school reports 470 students in pre-K through 5.
Jefferson County counts 167 schools and 95,124 students, including Cochrane Elementary.
Enrollment at Cochrane Elementary is mixed, with White students the largest group at 31%. The school is also 30% Hispanic, 26% Black, 9% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That is lower than the 63% White share among all Jefferson County residents. By the diversity index, Cochrane Elementary comes in at 74%.
The school employs the equivalent of 36.1 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Kentucky is 15.4:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Cochrane Elementary is 61%. That is close to the 61% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
allk12 grades Cochrane Elementary a D. The grade compares the school only with Kentucky public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Cochrane Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Kentucky schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 42.5%. The school's actual rate is 26.4%, 16.1 points lower.
Census estimates describe Jefferson County this way: median household income is about $69,866, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Jefferson County number 175 and enroll about 95,579.
The closest public school, Jeffersontown High, is about 0.7 miles from Cochrane Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Cochrane Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 477 in 2020-21 and 470 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 14.4:1 to 13.0:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Cochrane Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Jeffersontown High0.7 mi · 1,196
- Tully Elementary1.0 mi · 791
- Jeffersontown Elementary1.5 mi · 686
- Alex R. Kennedy Elementary1.5 mi · 369
- Carrithers Middle2.0 mi · 545
- Crosby Middle2.3 mi · 809
Frequently asked questions
About Cochrane ElementaryHow many students attend Cochrane Elementary?
Cochrane Elementary enrolls approximately 470 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cochrane Elementary serve?
Cochrane Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Cochrane Elementary have?
Cochrane Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cochrane Elementary?
At Cochrane Elementary, the student body is approximately 31% White, 30% Hispanic, 26% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Cochrane Elementary public or private?
Cochrane 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.