Klondike Lane Elementary

Set in Louisville, Kentucky, Klondike Lane Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, part of Jefferson County. It instructs 527 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 25% above the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

Across the 167 schools in Jefferson County (95,124 students total), Klondike Lane Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Klondike Lane Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 29% Black, 21% White, 8% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Klondike Lane Elementary has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Klondike Lane Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.3%, the actual is 26.0%, a residual of -13.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household earnings sit near $69,866, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), of which Klondike Lane Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Newcomer Academy, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Klondike Lane Elementary. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Klondike Lane Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 36.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Klondike Lane Elementary's enrollment has increased 20% since 2018, when it stood at 441 (now 527). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 28% to 39% over that span.

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