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Enrollment
317
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000745
Foster Traditional Academy
1401 South 41st Street, Louisville, KY 40211 · (502) 485-8253 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL317 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- FTest 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
12.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
268 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
1
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 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 53% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
13%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
30.5%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
20.5%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
19.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Foster Traditional Academy
Foster Traditional Academy's state test result (19.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Traditional Academy this school | 317 | 84.5% | 19.9% |
| Kennedy Elementary Louisville | 482 | 85.3% | 11.1% |
| Maupin Elementary Louisville | 302 | 93.0% | 20.5% |
| Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School Louisville | 427 | 90.9% | 9.5% |
| Byck Elementary Louisville | 272 | 91.9% | 12.2% |
| King Elementary Louisville | 306 | 92.2% | 7.7% |
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 Foster Traditional Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #638 of 669 | #63 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #631 of 668 | #58 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #598 of 674 | #45 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 317 | #547 of 744 | #80 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #90 of 674 | #12 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.7% | #536 of 674 | #90 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.5% | #66 of 721 | #14 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -45.4% | #8 of 437 | #5 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
317
-253 (-44%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 498
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 317 | 24.7 | 12.8:1 | 85% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 32 | 14.7:1 | 81% (380) |
| 2022-23 | 578 | 29.7 | 19.4:1 | 84% (488) |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 31 | 18.4:1 | 78% (447) |
| 2017-18 | 581 | 36.3 | 16.0:1 | 85% (493) |
| 2015-16 | 659 | 36 | 18.3:1 | 85% (562) |
| 2010-11 | 647 | 35 | 18.5:1 | 86% (557) |
| 2000-01 | 571 | N/A | N/A | 67% (381) |
| 1990-91 | 498 | 24 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Foster Traditional Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 45% (581 to 317); teachers down 32% (36.3 to 24.7).
About Foster Traditional Academy
Foster Traditional Academy is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Louisville, Kentucky. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 317 students. Across elementary schools in Kentucky, the average enrollment is about 421.
The district, Jefferson County, has 95,124 students enrolled across 167 schools.
Black students are 93% of those enrolled at Foster Traditional Academy. Next come 4% Hispanic. That compares with about 21% Black among all Jefferson County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 13%.
Teacher count: 24.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.8:1. Across elementary schools in Kentucky, the average ratio is 15.4:1. Roughly 85% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 61% average for public schools in Jefferson County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Kentucky public elementary schools, Foster Traditional Academy outscored 6%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Foster Traditional Academy lands between the top and bottom 10% of Kentucky schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 19.9%; the prediction is 33.7%.
Jefferson County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $69,866, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jefferson County's 175 public schools enroll about 95,579 students and include Foster Traditional Academy.
Kennedy Elementary is the nearest public school to Foster Traditional Academy, about 0.4 miles away. Foster Traditional Academy is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 20.1%, higher than Foster Traditional Academy's 19.9%.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 570 to 317. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.4:1 to 12.8:1.
On allk12, people connected to Foster Traditional Academy can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Kennedy Elementary0.4 mi · 482
- DuValle Education Center0.6 mi · 143
- Carter Traditional Elementary0.7 mi · 471
- Maupin Elementary1.0 mi · 302
- Brandeis Elementary1.2 mi · 420
- Johnson Traditional Middle1.3 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About Foster Traditional AcademyHow large is Foster Traditional Academy?
Foster Traditional Academy enrolls approximately 317 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Foster Traditional Academy serve?
Foster Traditional Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Foster Traditional Academy have?
Foster Traditional Academy employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Foster Traditional Academy?
Student demographics at Foster Traditional Academy are roughly 2% White, 4% Hispanic, 93% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Foster Traditional Academy in?
Foster Traditional Academy is part of Jefferson County.
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