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Enrollment
516
Middle
DISTRICT 761 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000769
Johnson Traditional Middle
2509 Wilson Ave, Louisville, KY 40210 · (502) 485-8277 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Kentucky public middle schools
- FTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
386 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 159 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 151 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 206 | 40% |
Student demographics
54%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
22.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
14.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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
15.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% 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 Johnson Traditional Middle
Johnson Traditional Middle's state test result (15.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Traditional Middle this school | 516 | 74.8% | 15.9% |
| Lexington Trad Magnet School Lexington | 284 | 78.2% | 27.2% |
| Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North Louisville | 470 | 78.3% | 15.0% |
| Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South Louisville | 543 | 78.6% | 12.1% |
| Western Middle School for the Arts Louisville | 665 | 59.1% | 41.3% |
| Newburg Middle Louisville | 615 | 67.8% | 26.4% |
Matched among Kentucky middle 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 Johnson Traditional Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #211 of 216 | #17 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #212 of 216 | #18 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #211 of 217 | #17 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #128 of 221 | #22 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #202 of 210 | #22 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #56 of 210 | #22 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.8% | #20 of 219 | #5 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.6% | #5 of 156 | #2 of 17 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
516
-361 (-41%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 727
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 516 | 26.3 | 19.6:1 | 75% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 660 | 31.4 | 21.0:1 | 67% (443) |
| 2022-23 | 742 | 36.4 | 20.4:1 | 64% (478) |
| 2020-21 | 877 | 44 | 19.9:1 | 58% (508) |
| 2017-18 | 868 | 45.6 | 19.0:1 | 57% (492) |
| 2015-16 | 900 | 47 | 19.1:1 | 56% (505) |
| 2010-11 | 947 | 48 | 19.7:1 | 52% (496) |
| 2000-01 | 962 | 45 | 21.4:1 | 33% (320) |
| 1990-91 | 727 | 43 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johnson Traditional Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (868 to 516); teachers down 42% (45.6 to 26.3).
About Johnson Traditional Middle
Johnson Traditional Middle is the name of a mid-sized middle school in Louisville, Kentucky. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 516 students.
Jefferson County has 167 schools; together they serve 95,124 students.
Black students are 65% of those enrolled at Johnson Traditional Middle. The next largest groups are 17% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In Jefferson County overall, about 21% of residents are Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
Johnson Traditional Middle has 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 19.6:1. Middle schools in Kentucky have an average ratio of 15.8:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 75%. For comparison, public schools in Jefferson County average 61%.
Johnson Traditional Middle holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 2% of Kentucky public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Johnson Traditional Middle ranks in the bottom 10% in Kentucky. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 15.9%, against a prediction of 37.3%.
American Community Survey estimates for Jefferson County show that the median household earns about $69,866 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Jefferson County, 175 public schools serve about 95,579 students.
Maupin Elementary is about 0.4 miles from Johnson Traditional Middle, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 15.9% average proficiency ranks 5th among 7 nearby schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
In 2020-21, federal data counted 877 students at Johnson Traditional Middle; in 2024-25, 516. The grades served may not have been the same in both years.
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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 Louisville
- Ballard HighHigh · 2,148 students
- duPont Manual HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Marion C. Moore SchoolHigh · 1,892 students
- Pleasure Ridge Park HighHigh · 1,777 students
- Louisville Male HighHigh · 1,763 students
- Southern HighHigh · 1,725 students
Nearby schools
- Maupin Elementary0.4 mi · 302
- Brandeis Elementary0.7 mi · 420
- Young Elementary0.7 mi · 100
- Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School1.1 mi · 427
- Carter Traditional Elementary1.2 mi · 471
- DuValle Education Center1.2 mi · 143
Frequently asked questions
About Johnson Traditional MiddleHow many students attend Johnson Traditional Middle?
Johnson Traditional Middle enrolls approximately 516 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Johnson Traditional Middle serve?
Johnson Traditional Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Johnson Traditional Middle have?
Johnson Traditional Middle employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Johnson Traditional Middle?
At Johnson Traditional Middle, the student body is approximately 17% White, 8% Hispanic, 65% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Johnson Traditional Middle in?
Johnson Traditional Middle is part of Jefferson County.
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