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Enrollment
315
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000783
Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary
1115 W Chestnut St, Louisville, KY 40203 · (502) 485-8232 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL315 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
16.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
240 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
1
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 | 16 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
43%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
16.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
14.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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
17.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% 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 Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary
Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary's state test result (17.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary this school | 315 | 76.2% | 17.0% |
| Carter Traditional Elementary Louisville | 471 | 74.5% | 24.8% |
| Cochran Elementary Louisville | 419 | 79.2% | 18.9% |
| Shelby Academy Louisville | 290 | 83.8% | 18.5% |
| Mill Creek Elementary Louisville | 437 | 83.1% | 14.5% |
| Engelhard Elementary Louisville | 265 | 86.4% | N/A |
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 Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #649 of 669 | #70 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #651 of 668 | #72 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #662 of 674 | #77 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 315 | #549 of 744 | #81 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #555 of 674 | #57 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.3% | #250 of 674 | #79 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.2% | #167 of 721 | #33 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -48.0% | #5 of 437 | #3 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
315
-80 (-20%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 711
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 315 | 19 | 16.6:1 | 76% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 27.8 | 14.9:1 | 76% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 29.5 | 13.7:1 | 79% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 31 | 12.7:1 | 74% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 36.8 | 16.4:1 | 76% (459) |
| 2015-16 | 621 | 31 | 20.0:1 | 70% (433) |
| 2010-11 | 646 | 37 | 17.5:1 | 59% (379) |
| 2000-01 | 594 | N/A | N/A | 57% (340) |
| 1990-91 | 711 | 38 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 48% (606 to 315); teachers down 48% (36.8 to 19).
About Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary
Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 315 students. That is 25% below the average of about 421 students for elementary schools in Kentucky.
Jefferson County is made up of 167 schools with 95,124 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary is 73% Black. Other groups include 14% White, 9% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. The county population is about 21% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 43, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary totals 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Kentucky, 15.4:1, is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary is about 76%. Across public schools in Jefferson County, the average is 61%.
Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 3% of Kentucky public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary is -19.8 points, in the bottom 10% of Kentucky. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 17.0%, and the predicted rate is 36.8%.
Jefferson County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $69,866 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Jefferson County number 175, with about 95,579 students.
Among nearby public schools, Central High Magnet Career Academy is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary. By average proficiency, Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary is 4th among 5 schools close by.
Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased by 20% across 4 years, from 395 in 2020-21 to 315 in 2024-25. The ratio was 12.7:1 in 2020-21 and 16.6:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Central High Magnet Career Academy0.1 mi · 1,256
- Grace M. James Academy of Excellence0.5 mi · 440
- Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School0.7 mi · 427
- J. Graham Brown School0.9 mi · 800
- Ahrens Educational Resource Center0.9 mi · 38
- Young Elementary1.1 mi · 100
Frequently asked questions
About Coleridge-Taylor Montessori ElementaryHow many students attend Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary?
Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary enrolls approximately 315 students in grades PK-05.
Is Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary?
At Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary, the student body is approximately 14% White, 3% Hispanic, 73% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary public or private?
Coleridge-Taylor Montessori 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.