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Enrollment
470
Middle
DISTRICT 761 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000781
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North
4530 Bellevue Avenue, Louisville, KY 40215 · (502) 485-8331 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Kentucky public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
368 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 154 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 150 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 166 | 35% |
Student demographics
70%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
12.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
15.5%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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
15.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% 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 Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North's state test result (15.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North this school | 470 | 78.3% | 15.0% |
| Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South Louisville | 543 | 78.6% | 12.1% |
| Newburg Middle Louisville | 615 | 67.8% | 26.4% |
| Johnson Traditional Middle Louisville | 516 | 74.8% | 15.9% |
| Conway Middle Louisville | 678 | 67.8% | 12.1% |
| Crawford Middle School Lexington | 710 | 66.2% | 34.2% |
Matched among Kentucky middle 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 Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #212 of 216 | #18 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #211 of 216 | #17 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #216 of 217 | #22 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #140 of 221 | #23 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #21 of 210 | #3 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #16 of 210 | #8 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.3% | #10 of 219 | #3 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.5% | #44 of 156 | #9 of 17 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
470
-160 (-25%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 728
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 470 | 35.5 | 13.2:1 | 78% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 486 | 34.8 | 13.9:1 | 78% (380) |
| 2022-23 | 510 | 32.5 | 15.7:1 | 75% (380) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 45 | 14.0:1 | 77% (485) |
| 2017-18 | 584 | 48.6 | 12.0:1 | 84% (489) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 54 | 10.8:1 | 84% (489) |
| 2010-11 | 782 | 73 | 10.7:1 | 92% (722) |
| 2000-01 | 887 | 48 | 18.5:1 | 69% (614) |
| 1990-91 | 728 | 51 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (584 to 470); teachers down 27% (48.6 to 35.5).
About Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North
In Louisville, Kentucky, part of Jefferson County, Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North is a middle school. The school's 470 students are in grades 6 through 8.
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North is one school in a 167-school district, Jefferson County, which enrolls 95,124 students.
Black students are the largest group at Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North, with 46% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 22% Hispanic, 19% White, 7% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Among all residents of Jefferson County, the Black share is about 21%. By the diversity index, Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North comes in at 70%.
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North's 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.2:1. For comparison, middle schools in Kentucky average 15.8:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 78%. That is 17 points above the 61% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
The allk12 Grade for Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North is F. Compared with Kentucky public middle schools, the school scored higher than 2% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North ranks in the bottom 10% of Kentucky schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 15.0%. Predicted: 36.0%. Difference: 21.0 points.
Jefferson County has about 783,022 residents, and median household income is about $69,866, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 175 public schools in Jefferson County, with a combined enrollment of about 95,579.
Of nearby public schools, Semple Elementary is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 630 in 2020-21 and 470 in 2024-25, a 25% decrease.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Semple Elementary0.6 mi · 592
- Hazelwood Elementary0.8 mi · 527
- Iroquois High1.0 mi · 1,301
- Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South1.1 mi · 543
- Rutherford Elementary1.1 mi · 476
- Jacob Elementary1.2 mi · 519
Frequently asked questions
About Frederick Law Olmsted Academy NorthWhat is the total enrollment at Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North?
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North enrolls approximately 470 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North serve?
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North.
What is the student diversity at Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North?
Student demographics at Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North are roughly 19% White, 22% Hispanic, 46% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North in?
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North is part of Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.