Johnson Traditional Middle

Johnson Traditional Middle is a mid-sized 6-8 campus in Louisville, Kentucky, part of Jefferson County. The school teaches 516 students in grades 6 through 8.

Johnson Traditional Middle is one of 167 schools operated by Jefferson County, a district that instructs 95,124 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Johnson Traditional Middle records that Black students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder is composed of 17% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the resource side, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Johnson Traditional Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 37.3%; actual is 15.9%, a gap of -21.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Jefferson County shows median household income runs about $69,866, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Johnson Traditional Middle is one of 175 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students).

Nearest neighbor: Maupin Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Johnson Traditional Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 21.0%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Johnson Traditional Middle has contracted 41%, going from 868 students in 2018 to 516 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 41% to 17% over that span.

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