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Enrollment
543
Middle
DISTRICT 761 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299001425
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South
5650 Southern Pkwy, Louisville, KY 40214 · (502) 485-8270 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% 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
15.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
427 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 | 175 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 179 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 189 | 35% |
Student demographics
68%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
17.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
10.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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
12.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% 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 South
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South's state test result (12.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South this school | 543 | 78.6% | 12.1% |
| Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North Louisville | 470 | 78.3% | 15.0% |
| Newburg Middle Louisville | 615 | 67.8% | 26.4% |
| Johnson Traditional Middle Louisville | 516 | 74.8% | 15.9% |
| Crawford Middle School Lexington | 710 | 66.2% | 34.2% |
| Stuart Middle School Louisville | 1,166 | 72.6% | 14.6% |
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 South ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #215 of 216 | #21 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #215 of 216 | #21 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #214 of 217 | #20 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #119 of 221 | #21 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #92 of 210 | #12 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #25 of 210 | #13 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.6% | #9 of 219 | #2 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.5% | #34 of 156 | #7 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
543
-217 (-29%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 768
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 543 | 34.6 | 15.7:1 | 79% (427) |
| 2023-24 | 549 | 42.5 | 12.9:1 | 75% (410) |
| 2022-23 | 578 | 42 | 13.8:1 | 75% (434) |
| 2020-21 | 760 | 56 | 13.6:1 | 77% (587) |
| 2017-18 | 692 | 44.6 | 15.5:1 | 80% (555) |
| 2015-16 | 661 | 52 | 12.7:1 | 88% (583) |
| 2010-11 | 699 | 68 | 10.3:1 | 99% (695) |
| 2000-01 | 925 | 46 | 20.1:1 | 60% (557) |
| 1990-91 | 768 | 42 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (692 to 543); teachers down 22% (44.6 to 34.6).
About Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South is a mid-sized middle-grades school with its address in Louisville, Kentucky. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 543 students.
The district for Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South is Jefferson County, with 167 schools and 95,124 students.
At Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South, Black students make up the biggest share, 49%. Other groups make up 24% Hispanic, 14% White, 6% Asian, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 21% of Jefferson County residents are Black. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South are from different groups.
The school has 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.7 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 15.8:1 average for middle schools in Kentucky. The school reported 79% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Jefferson County report 61%.
On the allk12 Grade, Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South lands at F, ahead of 0% of Kentucky public middle schools.
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 23.8 points (12.1% versus 35.9%), a bottom-10% result in Kentucky on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Jefferson County show that the median household earns about $69,866 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Jefferson County has 175 public schools with about 95,579 students, including Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South.
Among nearby public schools, Iroquois High is closest at about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 29% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.7:1.
On allk12, people connected to Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Iroquois High0.2 mi · 1,301
- Rutherford Elementary0.5 mi · 476
- Hazelwood Elementary0.7 mi · 527
- Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North1.1 mi · 470
- Gutermuth Elementary1.6 mi · 451
- Jacob Elementary1.6 mi · 519
Frequently asked questions
About Frederick Law Olmsted Academy SouthWhat is the total enrollment at Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South?
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South enrolls approximately 543 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South serve?
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South is approximately 15.7:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South?
At Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South, the student body is approximately 14% White, 24% Hispanic, 49% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South public or private?
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.