Hazelwood Elementary

Hazelwood Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary schools in Louisville, Kentucky, operated by Jefferson County, with 527 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 25% larger than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

Within Jefferson County, which oversees 167 schools and 95,124 students, Hazelwood Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hazelwood Elementary lists that 40% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 29% Hispanic, 17% White, 7% multiracial, 7% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 90% of students at Hazelwood Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hazelwood Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.8%; this one delivers 20.4%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,866, 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), Hazelwood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Iroquois High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hazelwood Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 15.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hazelwood Elementary has climbed 10%, going from 478 students in 2018 to 527 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 29% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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