Echo Trail Middle School

Echo Trail Middle School is an intermediate school of medium-sized scale in Louisville, Kentucky, overseen by Jefferson County, teacheing 697 students in grades 6 through 7. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 558 students each, so Echo Trail Middle School sits 25% bigger than that benchmark.

Echo Trail Middle School is one of 167 schools operated by Jefferson County, a district that educates 95,124 students overall.

Demographically, Echo Trail Middle School shows that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 20% Black, 11% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Echo Trail Middle School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Jefferson County's rate of about 61%.

With demographic context factored in, Echo Trail Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.9%; this one delivers 47.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household earnings sit near $69,866, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Jefferson County's 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), Echo Trail Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hite Elementary, roughly 3.7 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Echo Trail Middle School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.7%.

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