Grace M. James Academy of Excellence

Grace M. James Academy of Excellence operates as a compact middle-grades school in Louisville, Kentucky, run under Jefferson County. Current enrollment sits at 440 students spanning grades 6 through 10. Enrollment runs roughly 21% below the state mean of about 558.

Jefferson County runs 167 schools in total, collectively educating 95,124 students. Grace M. James Academy of Excellence is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Grace M. James Academy of Excellence logs that the largest single group is Black, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 8% multiracial, 6% White, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 21% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Grace M. James Academy of Excellence has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put the typical household earns roughly $69,866 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Jefferson County runs 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), of which Grace M. James Academy of Excellence is one.

Nearest neighbor: Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

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