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What's one thing Jeffersontown Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
686
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000727
Jeffersontown Elementary
3610 Cedarwood Way, Jeffersontown, KY 40299 · (502) 485-8274 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL686 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% 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.
- FBeats 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
16.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
430 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 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
73%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
25.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
23.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Jeffersontown Elementary
Jeffersontown Elementary's state test result (21.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffersontown Elementary this school | 686 | 62.7% | 21.2% |
| Wilt Elementary Louisville | 522 | 57.7% | 44.2% |
| Laukhuf Elementary Louisville | 627 | 56.1% | 30.7% |
| Chenoweth Elementary Louisville | 569 | 57.6% | 36.0% |
| Chancey Elementary Louisville | 510 | 60.6% | 27.1% |
| Steeplechase Elementary School Walton | 598 | 60.2% | 47.1% |
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 Jeffersontown Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #626 of 669 | #56 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #611 of 668 | #52 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #632 of 674 | #60 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 686 | #48 of 744 | #7 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #532 of 674 | #54 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #19 of 674 | #12 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.7% | #426 of 721 | #62 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #340 of 437 | #31 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
686
-3 (0%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 705
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 686 | 42.1 | 16.3:1 | 63% (430) |
| 2023-24 | 689 | 42.2 | 16.3:1 | 60% (414) |
| 2022-23 | 683 | 42.3 | 16.1:1 | 61% (417) |
| 2020-21 | 689 | 43 | 16.0:1 | 60% (413) |
| 2017-18 | 720 | 42.3 | 17.0:1 | 56% (400) |
| 2015-16 | 766 | 42 | 18.2:1 | 63% (479) |
| 2010-11 | 771 | 44 | 17.5:1 | 54% (415) |
| 2000-01 | 661 | N/A | N/A | 36% (235) |
| 1990-91 | 705 | 37 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jeffersontown Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (720 to 686); teachers unchanged (42.3 to 42.1).
About Jeffersontown Elementary
In Jeffersontown, Kentucky, part of Jefferson County, Jeffersontown Elementary is an elementary school. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 686 students. Elementary schools in Kentucky average about 421 students, which makes this school 63% larger than average.
District-wide, Jefferson County has 167 schools and 95,124 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Jeffersontown Elementary is White, with 37% of students. Other groups include 27% Black, 21% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The county population is about 63% White. The diversity index for Jeffersontown Elementary is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Jeffersontown Elementary, there are about 16.3 students; the school has 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 63%. The figure for public schools in Jefferson County is close, at 61%.
Jeffersontown Elementary earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 4% of Kentucky public elementary schools.
Jeffersontown Elementary trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 20.5 points (21.2% versus 41.8%), a bottom-10% result in Kentucky on BeatsExpectations.
In Jefferson County, 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. Jefferson County has 175 public schools with about 95,579 students, including Jeffersontown Elementary.
Jeffersontown Elementary is about 0.8 miles from Jeffersontown High, its nearest public school. Within five miles of Jeffersontown Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Jeffersontown Elementary ranks 9th on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 689 in 2020-21 and 686 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Jeffersontown 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
Nearby schools
- Jeffersontown High0.8 mi · 1,196
- Carrithers Middle0.8 mi · 545
- Tully Elementary0.8 mi · 791
- Cochrane Elementary1.5 mi · 470
- Wheeler Elementary1.7 mi · 626
- Alex R. Kennedy Elementary2.2 mi · 369
Frequently asked questions
About Jeffersontown ElementaryHow large is Jeffersontown Elementary?
Jeffersontown Elementary enrolls approximately 686 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Jeffersontown Elementary serve?
Jeffersontown Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Jeffersontown Elementary have?
Jeffersontown Elementary employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Jeffersontown Elementary?
Student demographics at Jeffersontown Elementary are roughly 37% White, 21% Hispanic, 27% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Jeffersontown Elementary?
Jeffersontown Elementary is overseen by Jefferson County in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.