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What tradition at Fern Creek Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
744
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000627
Fern Creek Elementary
8815 Ferndale Rd, Louisville, KY 40291 · (502) 485-8250 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL744 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- DTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
474 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
5
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 | 123 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 145 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (120).
Student demographics
74%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
32.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
28.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Fern Creek Elementary
Fern Creek Elementary's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fern Creek Elementary this school | 744 | 63.7% | 27.3% |
| Kenwood Elementary Louisville | 596 | 71.1% | 27.9% |
| Jeffersontown Elementary Jeffersontown | 686 | 62.7% | 21.2% |
| Goldsmith Elementary Louisville | 651 | 71.6% | 27.6% |
| Hartstern Elementary Louisville | 597 | 65.0% | 19.5% |
| Lansdowne Elementary School Lexington | 610 | 71.6% | 29.0% |
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 Fern Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #584 of 669 | #40 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #565 of 668 | #38 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #587 of 674 | #42 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 744 | #30 of 744 | #3 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #507 of 674 | #52 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.4% | #7 of 674 | #4 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.7% | #405 of 721 | #59 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.6% | #25 of 233 | #6 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
744
+55 (+8%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 704
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 744 | 46.3 | 16.1:1 | 64% (474) |
| 2023-24 | 736 | 42.3 | 17.4:1 | 64% (471) |
| 2022-23 | 712 | 43.2 | 16.5:1 | 66% (473) |
| 2020-21 | 689 | 41 | 16.8:1 | 64% (438) |
| 2017-18 | 597 | 35.6 | 16.8:1 | 72% (432) |
| 2015-16 | 677 | 34 | 19.9:1 | 59% (399) |
| 2010-11 | 747 | 40 | 18.7:1 | 54% (407) |
| 2000-01 | 779 | N/A | N/A | 30% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 704 | 35 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fern Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (597 to 744); teachers up 30% (35.6 to 46.3).
About Fern Creek Elementary
Federal records list Fern Creek Elementary as an elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 744 students. Across elementary schools in Kentucky, the average enrollment is about 421.
The 167 schools of Jefferson County, including Fern Creek Elementary, enroll 95,124 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Fern Creek Elementary is Black, with 30% of students. Next come 28% Hispanic, 27% White, 9% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 21% Black. The diversity index for Fern Creek Elementary is 74%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 16.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Fern Creek Elementary, which has 46.3. The average for elementary schools in Kentucky is about 15.4:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 64%. That is in line with the 61% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
Fern Creek Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 9% of Kentucky public elementary schools.
In Kentucky, Fern Creek Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 27.3% actual against a predicted 41.4%.
In the surrounding county, 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. Jefferson County has 175 public schools with about 95,579 students, including Fern Creek Elementary.
Fern Creek High is about 0.2 miles from Fern Creek Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 34.1%, higher than Fern Creek Elementary's 27.3%.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 689 students in 2020-21 to 744 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
- Fern Creek High0.2 mi · 1,525
- Wheeler Elementary1.3 mi · 626
- Bates Elementary1.6 mi · 585
- Luhr Elementary1.9 mi · 544
- Carrithers Middle2.0 mi · 545
- Jeffersontown Elementary2.4 mi · 686
Frequently asked questions
About Fern Creek ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Fern Creek Elementary?
Fern Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 744 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Fern Creek Elementary serve?
Fern Creek Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fern Creek Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fern Creek Elementary is approximately 16.1:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fern Creek Elementary?
At Fern Creek Elementary, the student body is approximately 27% White, 28% Hispanic, 30% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Fern Creek Elementary?
Fern Creek Elementary is overseen by Jefferson County in Jefferson County.
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