Home of the Innocents Discovery

Located at 1100 East Market St, in Louisville, Kentucky, Home of the Innocents Discovery is a micro-enrollment all-grades campus that works with 26 students (grades pre-K through 12), run under Jefferson County. That puts it 87% smaller than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 202 students.

Home of the Innocents Discovery is one of 167 schools operated by Jefferson County, a district that enrolls 95,124 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Home of the Innocents Discovery records that White students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder reads as 31% Black, 8% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Home of the Innocents Discovery has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.6:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Jefferson County (around 61%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,866 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Jefferson County's 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), Home of the Innocents Discovery is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Home of the Innocents School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Home of the Innocents Discovery has ticked down 10%, going from 29 students in 2018 to 26 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share grew from 14% to 31%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

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