Greenwood Elementary

Greenwood Elementary is a mid-sized elementary campus in Louisville, Kentucky, run under Jefferson County. The school instructs 457 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 167 schools in Jefferson County (95,124 students total), Greenwood Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Greenwood Elementary shows that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 35% Black, 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Greenwood Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Kentucky public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 38.4%; Greenwood Elementary posts 19.2%, -19.2 points below that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household earnings sit near $69,866, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson County's 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), Greenwood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pleasure Ridge Park High, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Greenwood Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 19.9%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Greenwood Elementary has decreased 7%, going from 490 students in 2018 to 457 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 55% to 40% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.