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Enrollment
1,525
High
DISTRICT 862 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000628
Fern Creek High
9115 Fern Creek Road, Louisville, KY 40291 · (502) 485-8251 · Jefferson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,525 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Kentucky public high 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
101 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
892 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
5
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 | 417 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 375 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 381 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 348 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 0% |
Student demographics
72%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
23.0%
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 23 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
23.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% 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 Fern Creek High
Fern Creek High's state test result (23.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fern Creek High this school | 1,525 | 58.5% | 23.5% |
| Tates Creek High School Lexington | 1,723 | 56.8% | 33.0% |
| Bowling Green High School Bowling Green | 1,377 | 50.8% | 42.5% |
| Marion C. Moore School Louisville | 1,892 | 67.7% | 17.8% |
| Waggener High Louisville | 888 | 65.7% | 24.0% |
| Seneca High Louisville | 1,255 | 67.8% | 20.3% |
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 Fern Creek High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #197 of 211 | #9 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #193 of 211 | #7 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #189 of 211 | #7 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,525 | #27 of 304 | #8 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #57 of 217 | #9 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.0% | #4 of 217 | #2 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.5% | #99 of 230 | #19 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #62 of 139 | #8 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
1,525
-268 (-15%) vs 2020
+67% since 1990-91, when it was 915
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 1,525 | 100.7 | 15.2:1 | 58% (892) |
| 2023-24 | 1,588 | 105.8 | 15.0:1 | 61% (963) |
| 2022-23 | 1,688 | 108.5 | 15.6:1 | 60% (1,009) |
| 2020-21 | 1,793 | 108 | 16.6:1 | 56% (1,013) |
| 2017-18 | 1,682 | 92.5 | 18.2:1 | 65% (1,098) |
| 2015-16 | 1,586 | 88 | 18.0:1 | 60% (951) |
| 2010-11 | 1,441 | 85 | 16.9:1 | 55% (789) |
| 2000-01 | 1,241 | 62 | 20.0:1 | 26% (318) |
| 1990-91 | 915 | 48 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fern Creek High.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,682 to 1,525); teachers up 9% (92.5 to 100.7).
About Fern Creek High
Fern Creek High is a high-enrollment high school in Louisville, Kentucky, administered by Jefferson County. Enrollment is 1,525 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Kentucky is about 558 students, so this school is 173% bigger than average.
Jefferson County has 167 schools; together they serve 95,124 students.
Fern Creek High has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 33%. Other reported shares: 32% White, 25% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 21% Black among all Jefferson County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 72% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1 at Fern Creek High, with 100.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.5 below the 16.6:1 average for high schools in Kentucky. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 58%.
Measured against Kentucky public high schools, Fern Creek High receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Fern Creek High scores 19.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 23.5% actual versus 43.3% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Kentucky schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Jefferson County, the median household income is $69,866, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Jefferson County is home to 175 public schools and about 95,579 public school students.
Fern Creek Elementary is the public school closest to Fern Creek High, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Fern Creek High is 8th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Fern Creek High as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 15% from its 2020-21 level of 1,793. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.6:1 to 15.2:1.
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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 Elementary0.2 mi · 744
- Wheeler Elementary1.2 mi · 626
- Bates Elementary1.5 mi · 585
- Carrithers Middle2.0 mi · 545
- Luhr Elementary2.1 mi · 544
- Jeffersontown Elementary2.4 mi · 686
Frequently asked questions
About Fern Creek HighHow many students attend Fern Creek High?
Fern Creek High enrolls approximately 1,525 students in grades 09-12.
Is Fern Creek High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fern Creek High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fern Creek High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fern Creek High is approximately 15.2:1 (101 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fern Creek High?
At Fern Creek High, the student body is approximately 32% White, 25% Hispanic, 33% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Fern Creek High?
Fern Creek High is overseen by Jefferson County in Jefferson County.
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