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Enrollment
498
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000686
Hite Elementary
12408 Old Shelbyville Road, Middletown, KY 40243 · (502) 485-8267 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
19.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
164 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 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
62%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
55.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
44.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Hite Elementary
Hite Elementary's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hite Elementary this school | 498 | 32.9% | 47.5% |
| Garrett Morgan Elementary Lexington | 746 | 32.4% | 57.3% |
| Stonewall Elementary School Lexington | 674 | 30.7% | 62.9% |
| Erpenbeck Elementary School Florence | 764 | 36.1% | 67.5% |
| W R McNeill Elementary School Bowling Green | 433 | 42.3% | 54.7% |
| Dunn Elementary Louisville | 425 | 26.8% | 53.9% |
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 Hite Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #275 of 669 | #16 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #330 of 668 | #20 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #230 of 674 | #15 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #246 of 744 | #44 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #660 of 674 | #86 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #137 of 674 | #60 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.9% | #685 of 721 | #85 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.6% | #207 of 233 | #42 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
498
+38 (+8%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 498 | 26.3 | 19.0:1 | 33% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 26.5 | 17.9:1 | 30% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 27.1 | 16.8:1 | 32% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 31% (141) |
| 2017-18 | 490 | 26.2 | 18.7:1 | 30% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 506 | 25 | 20.2:1 | 34% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 499 | 27 | 18.5:1 | 40% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 490 | N/A | N/A | 30% (147) |
| 1990-91 | 426 | 24 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hite Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (490 to 498); teachers unchanged (26.2 to 26.3).
About Hite Elementary
Hite Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Middletown, Kentucky. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 498 students.
Hite Elementary is run by Jefferson County, whose 167 schools enroll 95,124 students.
More than half of enrollment at Hite Elementary is White: 58%. Other groups include 13% Black, 12% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 8% multiracial. The diversity index for Hite Elementary is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Hite Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1, with 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky, this school's ratio is higher. The school has 33% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Jefferson County, the average eligibility rate is 61%.
Hite Elementary earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 44% of Kentucky public elementary schools.
The model predicts 52.8% for a school in Kentucky with Hite Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Hite Elementary posts 47.5%.
Jefferson County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $69,866 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 175 public schools in the county, enrolling about 95,579, Hite Elementary among them.
Eastern High, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Hite Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Hite Elementary is 3rd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 460 (2020-21) to 498 (2024-25). There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (19.0:1) than in 2020-21 (17.7:1).
The discussion board for Hite Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Middletown
- Eastern HighHigh · 1,790 students
- Crosby MiddleMiddle · 809 students
Nearby schools
- Eastern High0.4 mi · 1,790
- Middletown Elementary1.2 mi · 573
- Crosby Middle1.7 mi · 809
- Anchorage Independent Public School2.2 mi · 392
- Bellewood2.3 mi · 7
- Mary Jo and William MacDonald Maryhurst2.7 mi · 63
Frequently asked questions
About Hite ElementaryHow many students attend Hite Elementary?
Hite Elementary enrolls approximately 498 students in grades KG-05.
Is Hite Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hite Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Hite Elementary?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at Hite Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hite Elementary?
At Hite Elementary, the student body is approximately 58% White, 12% Hispanic, 13% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Hite Elementary public or private?
Hite Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.