Enrollment
306
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000762
King Elementary
4325 Vermont Ave, Louisville, KY 40211 · (502) 485-8285 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
282 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
12.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
7.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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
7.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.9%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 31% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
306
-90 (-23%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 12.8:1
% White
5%
was 5%
% Hispanic
5%
was 7%
% Black
83%
was 85%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About King Elementary
Located at 4325 Vermont Ave, in Louisville, Kentucky, King Elementary is a compact elementary campus that caters to 306 students (grades K through 5), run under Jefferson County. That puts it 27% below the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.
Across the 167 schools in Jefferson County (95,124 students total), King Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, King Elementary lists that 83% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 5% White, 5% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.
Looking at school resources, King Elementary shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Jefferson County's rate of about 61%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, King Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Kentucky public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 30.9%; King Elementary posts 7.7%, -23.2 points below that line.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household earnings sit near $69,866, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. King Elementary is one of 175 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students).
The Academy @ Shawnee is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around King Elementary. On composite proficiency, King Elementary comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 18.3%.
The school occupies an urban site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at King Elementary has shrank 23%, going from 396 students in 2018 to 306 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.
On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- The Academy @ Shawnee0.5 mi · 1,051
- Dr. J. Blaine Hudson Middle School0.7 mi · 615
- Foster Traditional Academy1.5 mi · 317
- Atkinson Academy1.5 mi · 462
- Brandeis Elementary1.5 mi · 420
- Portland Elementary1.6 mi · 304
Frequently asked questions
About King ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at King Elementary?
King Elementary enrolls approximately 306 students in grades KG-05.
Is King Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
King Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does King Elementary have?
King Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at King Elementary?
Student demographics at King Elementary are roughly 5% White, 5% Hispanic, 83% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is King Elementary in?
King Elementary is part of Jefferson County.
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