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If you could change one rule at Eastern High, what would it be?
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Enrollment
1,790
High
DISTRICT 862 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000625
Eastern High
12400 Old Shelbyville Rd, Middletown, KY 40243 · (502) 485-8243 · Jefferson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,790 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Kentucky public high schools
- C+Test 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.
- ·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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
108 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
636 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 452 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 447 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 448 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 438 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 0% |
Student demographics
67%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
39.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
39.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% 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 Eastern High
Eastern High's state test result (35.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern High this school | 1,790 | 35.5% | 35.3% |
| Ballard High Louisville | 2,148 | 36.1% | 43.8% |
| Henry Clay High School Lexington | 1,939 | 41.7% | 49.8% |
| Lafayette High School Lexington | 2,370 | 33.1% | 54.5% |
| Atherton High Louisville | 1,466 | 41.1% | 57.8% |
| South Warren High School Bowling Green | 1,548 | 41.1% | 51.3% |
Matched among Kentucky high 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 Eastern High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #126 of 211 | #5 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #119 of 211 | #5 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #166 of 211 | #5 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,790 | #14 of 304 | #4 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #102 of 217 | #16 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #24 of 217 | #12 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.5% | #216 of 230 | #24 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #29 of 139 | #5 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,790
-384 (-18%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 1,384
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 1,790 | 108.3 | 16.5:1 | 36% (636) |
| 2023-24 | 1,874 | 110.6 | 16.9:1 | 35% (648) |
| 2022-23 | 2,036 | 112.6 | 18.1:1 | 37% (758) |
| 2020-21 | 2,174 | 110 | 19.8:1 | 31% (670) |
| 2017-18 | 2,080 | 106.3 | 19.6:1 | 32% (662) |
| 2015-16 | 2,069 | 109 | 19.0:1 | 32% (660) |
| 2010-11 | 2,117 | 108 | 19.6:1 | 26% (549) |
| 2000-01 | 1,716 | 76 | 22.6:1 | 18% (302) |
| 1990-91 | 1,384 | 69 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eastern High.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (2,080 to 1,790); teachers up 2% (106.3 to 108.3).
About Eastern High
Eastern High is a large high school in Kentucky, located in Middletown. It enrolls 1,790 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12. The school is 221% bigger than the average for high schools in Kentucky.
Jefferson County serves 95,124 students across 167 schools.
The share of White students at Eastern High is 51%, a majority. Other students are 23% Black, 12% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 6% multiracial. That is lower than the 63% White share among all Jefferson County residents. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at Eastern High are from different groups.
Eastern High has 108.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.5:1. The ratio is within a point of the 16.6:1 average for high schools in Kentucky. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 36%. That is lower than the 61% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
On the allk12 Grade, Eastern High lands at C, ahead of 25% of Kentucky public high schools.
Eastern High posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.3%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Kentucky are predicted to post 51.8%, so the school is 16.5 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
In the surrounding county, Jefferson County, the median household earns about $69,866 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Eastern High, Jefferson County has 175 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Hite Elementary is closest at about 0.4 miles. Eastern High is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 50.2% proficiency; Eastern High posts 35.3%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 18% decline, from 2,174 to 1,790. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 19.8:1 to 16.5:1.
The allk12 page for Eastern High lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Pleasure Ridge Park HighHigh · 1,777 students
- Louisville Male HighHigh · 1,763 students
- Southern HighHigh · 1,725 students
Other schools in Middletown
- Crosby MiddleMiddle · 809 students
- Hite ElementaryElementary · 498 students
Other Eastern High schools
8 other US public schools in 5 states are named Eastern High. Eastern High is the largest of the 9.
- Eastern High SchoolWashington, DC · 909 students
- Eastern High SchoolLANSING, MI · 798 students
- Eastern High SchoolADA, MI · 768 students
- Eastern High SchoolGreentown, IN · 497 students
- Eastern High SchoolPekin, IN · 392 students
Nearby schools
- Hite Elementary0.4 mi · 498
- Middletown Elementary0.9 mi · 573
- Crosby Middle1.6 mi · 809
- Anchorage Independent Public School1.8 mi · 392
- Bellewood2.0 mi · 7
- Mary Jo and William MacDonald Maryhurst2.4 mi · 63
Frequently asked questions
About Eastern HighHow many students attend Eastern High?
Eastern High enrolls approximately 1,790 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Eastern High serve?
Eastern High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Eastern High have?
Eastern High employs 108 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
How diverse is Eastern High?
Eastern High reports a student body of 51% White, 12% Hispanic, 23% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Eastern High?
Eastern High is overseen by Jefferson County in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.