Frayser Elementary

Frayser Elementary is a moderately sized primary school in Louisville, Kentucky, overseen by Jefferson County. The school teaches 419 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 167 schools in Jefferson County (95,124 students total), Frayser Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Frayser Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 29% Hispanic, 9% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Frayser Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) records that the typical household earns roughly $69,866 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Jefferson County's 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), Frayser Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mcferran Preparatory Academy, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Frayser Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 14.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Frayser Elementary's enrollment has edged up 16% since 2018, when it stood at 360 (now 419). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 19% to 29% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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