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Enrollment
527
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000748
Hazelwood Elementary
1325 Bluegrass Avenue, Louisville, KY 40215 · (502) 485-8264 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
472 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 81 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
71%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
20.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
24.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Hazelwood Elementary
Hazelwood Elementary's state test result (20.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazelwood Elementary this school | 527 | 89.6% | 20.4% |
| Warren Elementary Bowling Green | 714 | 86.0% | 16.6% |
| Rutherford Elementary Louisville | 476 | 77.7% | 10.9% |
| Frayser Elementary Louisville | 419 | 86.9% | 21.0% |
| Trunnell Elementary Louisville | 528 | 75.9% | 12.5% |
| Price Elementary Louisville | 470 | 75.5% | 20.6% |
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 Hazelwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #634 of 669 | #61 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #604 of 668 | #49 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #651 of 674 | #68 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #209 of 744 | #37 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #219 of 674 | #22 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #41 of 674 | #21 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.6% | #21 of 721 | #7 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.3% | #91 of 233 | #20 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
527
+87 (+20%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 616
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 527 | 37.5 | 14.1:1 | 90% (472) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 35.2 | 14.8:1 | 77% (401) |
| 2022-23 | 511 | 37.2 | 13.8:1 | 73% (375) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 37 | 11.9:1 | 79% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 478 | 30.8 | 15.5:1 | 97% (463) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 92% (435) |
| 2010-11 | 436 | 34 | 12.8:1 | 94% (408) |
| 2000-01 | 485 | N/A | N/A | 99% (482) |
| 1990-91 | 616 | 42 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hazelwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (478 to 527); teachers up 22% (30.8 to 37.5).
About Hazelwood Elementary
Hazelwood Elementary is a public elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 527 students. The school is 25% larger than the average for elementary schools in Kentucky.
Hazelwood Elementary falls under Jefferson County, which has 167 schools enrolling 95,124 students.
The student body at Hazelwood Elementary has no majority group. Black students lead at 40%. The remaining shares are 29% Hispanic, 17% White, 7% multiracial, and 7% Asian. Jefferson County as a whole is about 21% Black, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hazelwood Elementary is 14.1:1, based on 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Kentucky is 15.4:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Hazelwood Elementary counts 90% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 61% for public schools in Jefferson County.
On the allk12 Grade, Hazelwood Elementary lands at D, ahead of 6% of Kentucky public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Hazelwood Elementary is 11.5 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Kentucky schools.
For Jefferson County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $69,866, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 175 public schools and about 95,579 students.
Among nearby public schools, Iroquois High is closest at about 0.5 miles. Hazelwood Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 15.0% proficiency; Hazelwood Elementary posts 20.4%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Hazelwood Elementary enrolled 440 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 527. Federal data show the ratio rising from 11.9:1 to 14.1:1.
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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 Hazelwood Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Hazelwood Elementary. Hazelwood Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Hazelwood ElementaryClarksville, TN · 992 students
- Hazelwood Elementary SchoolAUBURN, WA · 502 students
- Hazelwood ElementaryWaynesville, NC · 490 students
- Hazelwood Elementary SchoolNewcastle, WA · 478 students
- Hazelwood ElementaryLYNNWOOD, WA · 419 students
Nearby schools
- Iroquois High0.5 mi · 1,301
- Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South0.7 mi · 543
- Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North0.8 mi · 470
- Jacob Elementary1.0 mi · 519
- Rutherford Elementary1.1 mi · 476
- Gutermuth Elementary1.2 mi · 451
Frequently asked questions
About Hazelwood ElementaryHow many students attend Hazelwood Elementary?
Hazelwood Elementary enrolls approximately 527 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hazelwood Elementary serve?
Hazelwood Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hazelwood Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hazelwood Elementary is approximately 14.1:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hazelwood Elementary?
At Hazelwood Elementary, the student body is approximately 17% White, 29% Hispanic, 40% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Hazelwood Elementary in?
Hazelwood Elementary is part of Jefferson County.
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