Fern Creek Elementary

Fern Creek Elementary is a primary school of large scale in Louisville, Kentucky, operated by Jefferson County, serveing 744 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 77% bigger than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

Jefferson County comprises 167 schools with combined enrollment of 95,124 students; Fern Creek Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Fern Creek Elementary records that 30% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Hispanic, 27% White, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Fern Creek Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.4%; this one delivers 27.3%.

In the broader community, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,866 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Fern Creek Elementary is one of 175 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students).

Fern Creek High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fern Creek Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fern Creek Elementary at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 34.1%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fern Creek Elementary has expanded 25%, going from 597 students in 2018 to 744 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 42% to 27% across the same window.

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