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Does Frayser Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000747
Frayser Elementary
1230 Larchmont Ave, Louisville, KY 40215 · (502) 485-8255 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% 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
14.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
364 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 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
62%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
26.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
18.5%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Frayser Elementary
Frayser Elementary's state test result (21.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frayser Elementary this school | 419 | 86.9% | 21.0% |
| Booker T Washington Elementary School Lexington | 377 | 81.7% | 26.2% |
| Crums Lane Elementary Louisville | 457 | 80.7% | 16.6% |
| Cane Run Elementary Louisville | 401 | 83.0% | N/A |
| William Wells Brown Elementary Lexington | 300 | 86.0% | 37.7% |
| Wellington Elementary Louisville | 418 | 78.5% | 20.0% |
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 Frayser Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #629 of 669 | #58 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #638 of 668 | #63 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #624 of 674 | #56 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #394 of 744 | #66 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #349 of 674 | #34 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #144 of 674 | #63 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.9% | #44 of 721 | #10 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.4% | #60 of 233 | #13 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
419
+105 (+33%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 419 | 28.2 | 14.9:1 | 87% (364) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 29.5 | 12.0:1 | 75% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 318 | 28 | 11.4:1 | 80% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 314 | 31 | 10.1:1 | 81% (254) |
| 2017-18 | 360 | 30 | 12.0:1 | 89% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 379 | 29 | 13.1:1 | 94% (357) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 95% (379) |
| 2000-01 | 384 | N/A | N/A | 92% (354) |
| 1990-91 | 549 | 34 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frayser Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (360 to 419); teachers down 6% (30 to 28.2).
About Frayser Elementary
The public elementary school Frayser Elementary is located in Louisville, Kentucky. The school counts 419 students across kindergarten through 5.
Within Jefferson County, Frayser Elementary is one of 167 schools. The district enrolls 95,124 students.
At Frayser Elementary, Black students make up 53% of the student body. After that, the student body is 29% Hispanic, 9% White, and 6% multiracial. Census figures show Jefferson County is about 21% Black. The school's diversity index is 62%, meaning two students picked at random have a 62% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.9:1, with 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 87% of enrollment. Public schools in Jefferson County average 61%.
Frayser Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 7% of Kentucky public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Frayser Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Kentucky schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 21.0%; the prediction is 32.8%.
Jefferson County has these Census figures: the median household income is $69,866, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. In all, Jefferson County has 175 public schools and roughly 95,579 students.
Nearby, Mcferran Preparatory Academy is about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles of Frayser Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 14.7%; Frayser Elementary's is 21.0%, ranking 1st of 6.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Frayser Elementary's enrollment climbed from 314 in 2020-21 to 419 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 14.9:1, from 10.1:1.
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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
- Mcferran Preparatory Academy0.9 mi · 584
- Western Day Treatment0.9 mi · 14
- Semple Elementary1.0 mi · 592
- U of L PACT Program1.3 mi · 19
- Cochran Elementary1.4 mi · 419
- Jacob Elementary1.4 mi · 519
Frequently asked questions
About Frayser ElementaryHow many students attend Frayser Elementary?
Frayser Elementary enrolls approximately 419 students in grades KG-05.
Is Frayser Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Frayser Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Frayser Elementary have?
Frayser Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
How diverse is Frayser Elementary?
Frayser Elementary reports a student body of 9% White, 29% Hispanic, 53% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Frayser Elementary?
Frayser Elementary is overseen by Jefferson County in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.