Gutermuth Elementary

As a mid-tier primary school in Louisville, Kentucky, Gutermuth Elementary serves 451 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Jefferson County.

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

On the student-mix side, Gutermuth Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Black (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 28% Hispanic, 17% White, 13% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Gutermuth Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.1%, the actual is 27.6%, a residual of -8.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) records that the typical household earns roughly $69,866 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Gutermuth Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Butler Traditional High, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gutermuth Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 17.3%.

Gutermuth Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 13%: 398 students in 2018 compared to 451 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 14% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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