Goldsmith Elementary

As a high-enrollment elementary-level community in Louisville, Kentucky, Goldsmith Elementary caters to 651 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Jefferson County. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 55% larger than typical.

Goldsmith Elementary is one of 167 schools operated by Jefferson County, a district that hosts 95,124 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Goldsmith Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 26% Black, 21% White, 11% Asian, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 9% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Goldsmith Elementary has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Goldsmith Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.6%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,866, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Goldsmith Elementary is one of 175 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students).

The closest other public school is Seneca High, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Goldsmith Elementary comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 33.9%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Goldsmith Elementary's enrollment has rose 13% since 2018, when it stood at 577 (now 651). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 25% to 34% over that span.

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