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Greathouse/Shryock Traditional
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KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Greathouse/Shryock Traditional
Located at 2700 Browns Lane, in Louisville, Kentucky, Greathouse/Shryock Traditional is a mid-sized primary school that enrolls 607 students (grades K through 5), part of Jefferson County. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Greathouse/Shryock Traditional sits 44% above that benchmark.
Jefferson County comprises 167 schools with combined enrollment of 95,124 students; Greathouse/Shryock Traditional is among them.
In terms of who attends, Greathouse/Shryock Traditional logs that 44% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 30% White, 15% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 3% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Jefferson County's rate of about 61%.
After controlling for student poverty, Greathouse/Shryock Traditional is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 55.3%; this one delivers 75.8%, a residual of +20.5 points.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,866 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Jefferson County's 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), Greathouse/Shryock Traditional is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is The Brook-Dupont, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Greathouse/Shryock Traditional ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.4%.
Greathouse/Shryock Traditional operates from a city-core location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Greathouse/Shryock Traditional has showed little movement, going from 613 students in 2018 to 607 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 57% to 30%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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