1
What tradition at Field Elementary should never be changed?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
465
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000741
Field Elementary
120 Sacred Heart Ln, Louisville, KY 40206 · (502) 485-8252 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
17.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
185 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
4
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 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
58%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
57.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
53.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Field Elementary
Field Elementary's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field Elementary this school | 465 | 39.8% | 53.0% |
| Rineyville Elementary School Rineyville | 554 | 40.3% | 50.3% |
| A M Yealey Elementary School Florence | 534 | 44.4% | 43.0% |
| Stephens Elementary School Burlington | 577 | 42.1% | 43.2% |
| Garden Springs Elementary School Lexington | 418 | 40.7% | 45.3% |
| Lemons Mill Elementary School Georgetown | 540 | 41.3% | 29.6% |
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 Field Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #184 of 669 | #9 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #188 of 668 | #9 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #204 of 674 | #12 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #300 of 744 | #52 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #626 of 674 | #77 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #166 of 674 | #68 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.8% | #669 of 721 | #84 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.9% | #75 of 233 | #17 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
465
+65 (+16%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 325
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 465 | 26.3 | 17.7:1 | 40% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 25.3 | 16.9:1 | 39% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 387 | 24.8 | 15.6:1 | 41% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 26 | 15.4:1 | 38% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 412 | 23.4 | 17.6:1 | 56% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 23 | 17.8:1 | 59% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 441 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 46% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 394 | N/A | N/A | 57% (226) |
| 1990-91 | 325 | 18 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Field Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (412 to 465); teachers up 13% (23.4 to 26.3).
About Field Elementary
Field Elementary is an elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky, and it is part of Jefferson County. The school reports 465 students in kindergarten through 5.
The district for Field Elementary is Jefferson County, with 167 schools and 95,124 students.
Field Elementary is 61% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 16% Black, 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The county population is about 63% White, within a few points of the school. Field Elementary's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.7:1. That is higher than the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 40%. The average for public schools in Jefferson County is 61%.
The allk12 Grade for Field Elementary is B+. Compared with Kentucky public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 66% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Field Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (53.0%) and its predicted rate (50.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Kentucky schools.
Among Jefferson County residents, the median household income is $69,866, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides Field Elementary, Jefferson County has 174 other public schools.
The school nearest to Field Elementary is St Joseph Children's Home, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Field Elementary ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Field Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 16% enrollment increase, from 400 in 2020-21 to 465 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 15.4:1 to 17.7:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Field Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Other Field Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 10 states are named Field Elementary. Field Elementary is the 4th largest of the 14.
- Field Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 564 students
- Field Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 507 students
- Field Elementary SchoolCANTON, MI · 467 students
- Field Elementary SchoolElmhurst, IL · 433 students
- FIELD ELEM.SPRINGFIELD, MO · 401 students
Nearby schools
- St Joseph Children's Home0.7 mi · 30
- Chenoweth Elementary0.9 mi · 569
- Barret Traditional Middle1.0 mi · 579
- Kentucky School for the Blind1.9 mi · 63
- St Matthews Elementary2.1 mi · 598
- Waggener High2.3 mi · 888
Frequently asked questions
About Field ElementaryHow many students attend Field Elementary?
Field Elementary enrolls approximately 465 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Field Elementary serve?
Field Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Field Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Field Elementary is approximately 17.7:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Field Elementary?
At Field Elementary, the student body is approximately 61% White, 11% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Field Elementary in?
Field Elementary is part of Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.