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What's the most underrated thing about Jeffersontown High that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,196
High
DISTRICT 862 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000659
Jeffersontown High
9600 Old Six Mile Lane, Jeffersontown, KY 40299 · (502) 485-8275 · Jefferson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,196 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Kentucky public high 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
786 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 348 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 333 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 256 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 251 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 1% |
Student demographics
69%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
31.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
22.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
25.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% 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 High
Jeffersontown High's state test result (25.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffersontown High this school | 1,196 | 65.7% | 25.7% |
| Waggener High Louisville | 888 | 65.7% | 24.0% |
| Doss High Louisville | 1,235 | 70.0% | 8.3% |
| Pleasure Ridge Park High Louisville | 1,777 | 69.7% | 15.5% |
| Hopkinsville High School Hopkinsville | 961 | 63.1% | 34.3% |
| Valley High Louisville | 850 | 68.5% | 16.7% |
Matched among Kentucky high 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 High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #189 of 211 | #7 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #198 of 211 | #10 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #194 of 211 | #8 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,196 | #57 of 304 | #16 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #81 of 217 | #13 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #14 of 217 | #6 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.7% | #62 of 230 | #13 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.7% | #35 of 72 | #8 of 11 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,196
+220 (+23%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 1,155
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
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 | 1,196 | 75.1 | 15.9:1 | 66% (786) |
| 2023-24 | 1,096 | 71.4 | 15.3:1 | 63% (688) |
| 2022-23 | 943 | 64.4 | 14.6:1 | 57% (540) |
| 2020-21 | 976 | 61 | 16.0:1 | 59% (571) |
| 2017-18 | 1,100 | 69.6 | 15.8:1 | 63% (692) |
| 2015-16 | 1,284 | 84 | 15.3:1 | 58% (747) |
| 2010-11 | 1,209 | 75 | 16.1:1 | 59% (715) |
| 2000-01 | 1,148 | 63 | 18.2:1 | 31% (357) |
| 1990-91 | 1,155 | 58 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jeffersontown High.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (1,100 to 1,196); teachers up 8% (69.6 to 75.1).
About Jeffersontown High
Jeffersontown High is a high-enrollment high school for students in Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The school counts 1,196 students across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Kentucky is about 558 students.
Federal data list 167 schools in Jefferson County, with 95,124 students enrolled.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Jeffersontown High. The largest is Black students, at 42%. Other students are 32% White, 18% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 21% Black share among all Jefferson County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 75.1 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.9:1. For comparison, high schools in Kentucky average 16.6:1. The school's lunch program data list 66% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Jeffersontown High is graded D by allk12, scoring above 10% of Kentucky public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Jeffersontown High is 40.6%. It actually posts 25.7%, which is 15.0 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Kentucky schools.
Among Jefferson County residents, the median household income is $69,866, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Jeffersontown High is one of 175 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Tully Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Jeffersontown High is behind the 38.6% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
Jeffersontown High is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has grown by 220 students since 2020-21, to 1,196.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Jeffersontown High. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Jeffersontown
- Jeffersontown ElementaryElementary · 686 students
Nearby schools
- Tully Elementary0.7 mi · 791
- Cochrane Elementary0.7 mi · 470
- Jeffersontown Elementary0.8 mi · 686
- Carrithers Middle1.4 mi · 545
- Alex R. Kennedy Elementary1.6 mi · 369
- Wheeler Elementary2.4 mi · 626
Frequently asked questions
About Jeffersontown HighHow large is Jeffersontown High?
Jeffersontown High enrolls approximately 1,196 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Jeffersontown High serve?
Jeffersontown High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jeffersontown High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jeffersontown High is approximately 15.9:1 (75 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jeffersontown High?
At Jeffersontown High, the student body is approximately 32% White, 18% Hispanic, 42% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Jeffersontown High public or private?
Jeffersontown High 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.