Heuser Hearing & Language Academy

Heuser Hearing & Language Academy is an one-room-style elementary campus in Louisville, Kentucky, part of Jefferson County. The school teaches 7 students in grades pre-K through K. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 98% leaner than typical.

Jefferson County runs 167 schools in total, collectively educating 95,124 students. Heuser Hearing & Language Academy is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Heuser Hearing & Language Academy lists that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 43% Black, 14% Hispanic. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Jefferson County shows median household income runs about $69,866, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Jefferson County's 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), Heuser Hearing & Language Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Engelhard Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Heuser Hearing & Language Academy operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Heuser Hearing & Language Academy has fell 78%, going from 32 students in 2018 to 7 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 9% to 0% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 8.0:1 in 2018 to 7.0:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.