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Enrollment
781
Middle
DISTRICT 761 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000724
Kammerer Middle
7315 Wesboro Rd, Louisville, KY 40222 · (502) 485-8279 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL781 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Kentucky public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
15.0:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
344 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
6
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 | 283 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 224 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 274 | 35% |
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
42.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
36.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Kammerer Middle
Kammerer Middle's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kammerer Middle this school | 781 | 44.0% | 37.0% |
| Southern Middle School Lexington | 759 | 52.6% | 44.6% |
| Morton Middle School Lexington | 604 | 40.4% | 55.0% |
| Jefferson County Traditional Middle Louisville | 813 | 53.1% | 36.9% |
| Crosby Middle Middletown | 809 | 42.0% | 46.9% |
| Ockerman Middle School Florence | 674 | 42.0% | 38.5% |
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 Kammerer Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #134 of 216 | #7 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #137 of 216 | #8 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #136 of 217 | #9 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 781 | #36 of 221 | #11 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #68 of 210 | #9 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #19 of 210 | #10 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.0% | #188 of 219 | #21 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #64 of 156 | #11 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
781
-130 (-14%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 938
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 781 | 52 | 15.0:1 | 44% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 678 | 48.2 | 14.1:1 | 44% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 720 | 54.2 | 13.3:1 | 52% (375) |
| 2020-21 | 911 | 51 | 17.9:1 | 49% (448) |
| 2017-18 | 924 | 50.5 | 18.3:1 | 48% (441) |
| 2015-16 | 892 | 47 | 19.0:1 | 49% (439) |
| 2010-11 | 895 | 50 | 17.9:1 | 42% (378) |
| 2000-01 | 828 | 43 | 19.3:1 | 22% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 938 | 48 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kammerer Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (924 to 781); teachers up 3% (50.5 to 52).
About Kammerer Middle
Kammerer Middle is a medium-sized middle school based in Louisville, Kentucky. Enrollment is 781 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. Against the 558-student average for middle schools in Kentucky, enrollment here is 40% higher.
Jefferson County runs Kammerer Middle along with 166 other schools, enrolling 95,124 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Kammerer Middle is White (44%). Other groups make up 29% Black, 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Jefferson County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Kammerer Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.
Its teaching staff equals 52 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.0:1. That ratio is under the 15.8:1 average for middle schools in Kentucky. Around 44% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The 61% average for public schools in Jefferson County is 17 points higher.
allk12 grades Kammerer Middle a C. The grade compares the school only with Kentucky public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Kentucky, Kammerer Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 37.0% actual against a predicted 48.6%.
Kammerer Middle is located in Jefferson County, where median household income is about $69,866, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Kammerer Middle is one of 175 public schools in Jefferson County, which together enroll about 95,579 students.
The nearest other public school, Ballard High, is about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Kammerer Middle. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Kammerer Middle is 5th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Kammerer Middle saw enrollment fall 14% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.9:1 in 2020-21, and 15.0:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Ballard High0.3 mi · 2,148
- Wilder Elementary0.4 mi · 496
- Westport Middle1.2 mi · 988
- Dunn Elementary1.3 mi · 425
- Norton Elementary1.4 mi · 716
- The Brook-KMI1.5 mi · 29
Frequently asked questions
About Kammerer MiddleHow many students attend Kammerer Middle?
Kammerer Middle enrolls approximately 781 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Kammerer Middle serve?
Kammerer Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Kammerer Middle?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Kammerer Middle.
What is the student diversity at Kammerer Middle?
Student demographics at Kammerer Middle are roughly 44% White, 14% Hispanic, 29% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Kammerer Middle public or private?
Kammerer Middle 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.