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What's the most underrated thing about Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
427
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000731
Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School
755 Dixie Highway, Louisville, KY 40210 · (502) 485-8348 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
388 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
4
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 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
26%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
15.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
9.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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
9.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 31% 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 Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School
Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School's state test result (9.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School this school | 427 | 90.9% | 9.5% |
| King Elementary Louisville | 306 | 92.2% | 7.7% |
| Kennedy Elementary Louisville | 482 | 85.3% | 11.1% |
| Maupin Elementary Louisville | 302 | 93.0% | 20.5% |
| Byck Elementary Louisville | 272 | 91.9% | 12.2% |
| Foster Traditional Academy Louisville | 317 | 84.5% | 19.9% |
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 Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.5% | #666 of 669 | #83 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #664 of 668 | #80 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #666 of 674 | #81 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #382 of 744 | #63 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #648 of 674 | #83 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.5% | #384 of 674 | #86 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.9% | #13 of 721 | #5 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.1% | #80 of 233 | #19 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
427
+111 (+35%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 427 | 23.2 | 18.4:1 | 91% (388) |
| 2023-24 | 361 | 24.5 | 14.7:1 | 88% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 318 | 25.3 | 12.6:1 | 84% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 316 | 27 | 11.7:1 | 84% (267) |
| 2017-18 | 381 | 32.9 | 11.6:1 | 91% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 31 | 13.7:1 | 89% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 394 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 98% (385) |
| 2000-01 | 425 | N/A | N/A | 99% (422) |
| 1990-91 | 412 | 28 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (381 to 427); teachers down 29% (32.9 to 23.2).
About Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School
Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in Louisville, Kentucky. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 427 students.
Jefferson County is the local district for Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School. It runs 167 schools with 95,124 students.
Black students are 86% of those enrolled at Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School. Next come 5% multiracial, 4% White, and 4% Hispanic. That compares with about 21% Black among all Jefferson County residents. A diversity index of 26% means there is a 26% chance two randomly chosen students at Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School are from different groups.
The school's 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Kentucky is 15.4:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School, 91% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. It compares with 61% for public schools in Jefferson County.
After accounting for student poverty, Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Kentucky schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 9.5% is 21.9 points below the 31.4% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In Jefferson County, the median household earns about $69,866 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Jefferson County, 175 public schools serve about 95,579 students.
Grace M. James Academy of Excellence is the nearest public school to Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School is behind the 25.5% nearby average, ranking 7th of 7.
NCES describes the area around Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 35% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher increased from 11.7 in 2020-21 to 18.4 in 2024-25.
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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
- Grace M. James Academy of Excellence0.2 mi · 440
- Young Elementary0.6 mi · 100
- Central High Magnet Career Academy0.6 mi · 1,256
- Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary0.7 mi · 315
- Byck Elementary0.7 mi · 272
- Western Middle School for the Arts1.0 mi · 665
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. William H. Perry Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School?
Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School enrolls approximately 427 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School serve?
Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School?
Approximately 18.4:1 students per teacher at Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School.
How diverse is Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School?
Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School reports a student body of 4% White, 4% Hispanic, 86% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School?
Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School is overseen by Jefferson County in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.