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Alumni: what's one memory from Greenwood Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
457
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000630
Greenwood Elementary
5801 Greenwood Road, Louisville, KY 40258 · (502) 485-8260 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Kentucky public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
328 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
69%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
25.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
20.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
19.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% 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 Greenwood Elementary
Greenwood Elementary's state test result (19.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood Elementary this school | 457 | 71.8% | 19.2% |
| Julius Marks Elementary School Lexington | 444 | 68.9% | 35.2% |
| Meadow View Elementary School Radcliff | 514 | 70.8% | 36.4% |
| T C Cherry Elementary School Bowling Green | 431 | 75.4% | 38.5% |
| Woodland Elementary School Radcliff | 537 | 72.1% | 33.2% |
| Wilkerson Elementary School Louisville | 541 | 68.8% | 21.1% |
Matched among Kentucky elementary 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 Greenwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #644 of 669 | #66 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #633 of 668 | #60 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #631 of 674 | #59 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 457 | #318 of 744 | #55 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #640 of 674 | #81 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #71 of 674 | #36 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.8% | #239 of 721 | #46 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #314 of 437 | #29 of 46 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
457
+23 (+5%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 332
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 457 | 25.3 | 18.1:1 | 72% (328) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 26.9 | 16.5:1 | 72% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 24.2 | 18.9:1 | 72% (331) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 26 | 16.7:1 | 71% (306) |
| 2017-18 | 490 | 30.3 | 16.1:1 | 76% (373) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | 32 | 17.0:1 | 82% (447) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 31 | 17.9:1 | 75% (417) |
| 2000-01 | 528 | N/A | N/A | 60% (315) |
| 1990-91 | 332 | 21 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (490 to 457); teachers down 17% (30.3 to 25.3).
About Greenwood Elementary
Greenwood Elementary is an elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky, reachable at (502) 485-8260. It serves 457 students in kindergarten through 5.
Besides Greenwood Elementary, Jefferson County runs 166 other schools. The district enrolls 95,124 students.
White students are the largest group at Greenwood Elementary, with 40% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 35% Black, 16% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. The school's White share is 23 points below the 63% share among Jefferson County residents. Greenwood Elementary has a diversity index of 69%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 18.1:1. That ratio is over the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 72%. For comparison, public schools in Jefferson County average 61%.
Greenwood Elementary is graded F by allk12, scoring above 3% of Kentucky public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Greenwood Elementary is 19.2 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Kentucky.
Federal survey data for Jefferson County show that median household income is about $69,866, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Greenwood Elementary is among the 175 public schools in Jefferson County.
The closest public school, Pleasure Ridge Park High, is about 0.1 miles from Greenwood Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 19.9%; Greenwood Elementary's is 19.2%, ranking 4th of 8.
NCES assigns Greenwood Elementary the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students grew from 434 to 457 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 18.1 students per teacher, compared with 16.7 in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Greenwood Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Other Greenwood Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 21 states are named Greenwood Elementary. Greenwood Elementary is the 12th largest of the 27.
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 829 students
- GREENWOOD ELEMENTARYPLYMOUTH, MN · 762 students
- Greenwood ElementaryMontebello, CA · 746 students
- Greenwood ElementaryGlen Allen, VA · 649 students
- Greenwood ElementarySanford, NC · 571 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasure Ridge Park High0.1 mi · 1,777
- Eisenhower Elementary0.6 mi · 592
- Shacklette Elementary1.0 mi · 429
- Conway Middle1.0 mi · 678
- Sanders Elementary1.2 mi · 394
- Wilkerson Elementary School1.7 mi · 541
Frequently asked questions
About Greenwood ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Greenwood Elementary?
Greenwood Elementary enrolls approximately 457 students in grades KG-05.
Is Greenwood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Greenwood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Greenwood Elementary?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Greenwood Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Greenwood Elementary?
Student demographics at Greenwood Elementary are roughly 40% White, 16% Hispanic, 35% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Greenwood Elementary in?
Greenwood Elementary is part of Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.