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Enrollment
921
Middle
DISTRICT 761 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000711
Lassiter Middle
8200 Candleworth Drive, Louisville, KY 40214 · (502) 485-8288 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL921 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
15.5:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
680 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 | 297 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 256 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 368 | 40% |
Student demographics
67%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
23.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
16.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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
20.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.6%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% 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 Lassiter Middle
Lassiter Middle's state test result (20.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lassiter Middle this school | 921 | 73.8% | 20.2% |
| Knight Middle Louisville | 757 | 71.9% | 19.1% |
| Mayfield Middle School Mayfield | 559 | 67.6% | 42.6% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle Louisville | 943 | 75.1% | 13.9% |
| Rector A. Jones Middle School Florence | 683 | 64.3% | 28.3% |
| Stuart Middle School Louisville | 1,166 | 72.6% | 14.6% |
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 Lassiter Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #209 of 216 | #15 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #210 of 216 | #16 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #209 of 217 | #15 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 921 | #16 of 221 | #6 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #82 of 210 | #11 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #29 of 210 | #15 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.8% | #23 of 219 | #6 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #114 of 156 | #16 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
921
-106 (-10%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 762
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 921 | 59.4 | 15.5:1 | 74% (680) |
| 2023-24 | 889 | 60.3 | 14.7:1 | 71% (635) |
| 2022-23 | 1,004 | 61 | 16.5:1 | 70% (700) |
| 2020-21 | 1,027 | 64 | 16.1:1 | 71% (726) |
| 2017-18 | 987 | 55.5 | 17.8:1 | 86% (853) |
| 2015-16 | 913 | 56 | 16.3:1 | 86% (788) |
| 2010-11 | 808 | 49 | 16.5:1 | 87% (700) |
| 2000-01 | 795 | 43 | 18.5:1 | 58% (463) |
| 1990-91 | 762 | 42 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lassiter Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (987 to 921); teachers up 7% (55.5 to 59.4).
About Lassiter Middle
Lassiter Middle, located in Louisville, Kentucky, is a high-enrollment middle-grades school. Federal data show 921 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 558 students for middle schools in Kentucky.
The 167 schools in Jefferson County enroll 95,124 students altogether, Lassiter Middle among them.
No group is above 50% at Lassiter Middle; the largest is Hispanic, at 41%. After that, the student body is 37% White, 15% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Jefferson County, the Hispanic share is about 9%. The diversity index for Lassiter Middle is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 59.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.5:1. That is in line with the 15.8:1 average for middle schools in Kentucky. Roughly 74% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Jefferson County averages 61%, lower than here.
Among Kentucky public middle schools, Lassiter Middle outscored 4%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Lassiter Middle posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 20.2%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Kentucky are predicted to post 37.6%, so the school is 17.4 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
Looking at the county, Jefferson County, median household income comes to about $69,866, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 175 public schools and about 95,579 students.
About 0.9 miles separate Lassiter Middle from the closest public school, Auburndale Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 20.2%; Lassiter Middle's is 20.2%, ranking 5th of 8.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 10% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Lassiter Middle lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Auburndale Elementary0.9 mi · 596
- Kenwood Elementary1.0 mi · 596
- Doss High2.1 mi · 1,235
- Trunnell Elementary2.2 mi · 528
- Fairdale Elementary2.2 mi · 653
- Georgia Chaffee Teenage Parent Program2.3 mi · 43
Frequently asked questions
About Lassiter MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Lassiter Middle?
Lassiter Middle enrolls approximately 921 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lassiter Middle serve?
Lassiter Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Lassiter Middle have?
Lassiter Middle employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lassiter Middle?
At Lassiter Middle, the student body is approximately 37% White, 41% Hispanic, 15% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Lassiter Middle public or private?
Lassiter 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.