Farmer Elementary

Farmer Elementary is an elementary school of substantial scale in Louisville, Kentucky, operated by Jefferson County, hosting 737 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 75% larger than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

Within Jefferson County, which oversees 167 schools and 95,124 students, Farmer Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Farmer Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 21% Black, 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jefferson County (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Farmer Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.3%; this one delivers 48.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) shows that median household income runs about $69,866, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Jefferson County runs 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), of which Farmer Elementary is one.

Ramsey Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Farmer Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 34.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Farmer Elementary has showed little movement, going from 745 students in 2018 to 737 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 62% to 48%.

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