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If you could change one rule at Louisville Male High, what would it be?
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Enrollment
1,763
High
DISTRICT 862 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299001705
Louisville Male High
4409 Preston Highway, Louisville, KY 40213 · (502) 485-8292 · Jefferson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,763 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Kentucky public high schools
- BTest 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.
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 high schools
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
92 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
815 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 422 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 450 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 455 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 436 | 25% |
Student demographics
63%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
47.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
45.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
39.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Louisville Male High
Louisville Male High's state test result (39.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville Male High this school | 1,763 | 46.2% | 39.8% |
| Frederick Douglass High School Lexington | 1,770 | 46.2% | 38.8% |
| North Hardin High School Radcliff | 1,593 | 49.2% | 40.0% |
| Paducah Tilghman High School Paducah | 860 | 57.6% | 37.3% |
| Atherton High Louisville | 1,466 | 41.1% | 57.8% |
| Tates Creek High School Lexington | 1,723 | 56.8% | 33.0% |
Matched among Kentucky high 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 Louisville Male High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #87 of 211 | #4 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #82 of 211 | #4 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #112 of 211 | #4 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,763 | #17 of 304 | #6 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #187 of 217 | #22 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #35 of 217 | #15 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.2% | #180 of 230 | #21 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #58 of 139 | #7 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,763
-229 (-11%) vs 2020
+8% since 2000-01, when it was 1,633
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 1,763 | 91.9 | 19.2:1 | 46% (815) |
| 2023-24 | 1,904 | 91.4 | 20.8:1 | 43% (821) |
| 2022-23 | 1,991 | 94.1 | 21.2:1 | 39% (784) |
| 2020-21 | 1,992 | 96 | 20.8:1 | 31% (616) |
| 2017-18 | 1,958 | 96.6 | 20.3:1 | 35% (683) |
| 2015-16 | 1,805 | 83 | 21.8:1 | 34% (613) |
| 2010-11 | 1,728 | 84 | 20.6:1 | 25% (429) |
| 2000-01 | 1,633 | 74 | 22.1:1 | 11% (184) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Louisville Male High.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,958 to 1,763); teachers down 5% (96.6 to 91.9).
About Louisville Male High
Louisville Male High is a high-enrollment high school serving families in Louisville, Kentucky. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 1,763 students in 2024-25. The school is 216% bigger than the average for high schools in Kentucky.
Louisville Male High sits within Jefferson County, which has 167 schools and 95,124 students.
The student body at Louisville Male High has no majority group. Black students lead at 44%. The next largest groups are 41% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's Black share is 23 points above the 21% share among Jefferson County residents. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at Louisville Male High are from different groups.
Staffing at Louisville Male High comes to 91.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 19.2:1. High schools in Kentucky average 16.6:1, 2.6 fewer students per teacher than here. Louisville Male High counts 46% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 61% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
On the allk12 Grade, Louisville Male High lands at B-, ahead of 53% of Kentucky public high schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 47.8% for Louisville Male High. The school posts 39.8%, 8.1 points below the prediction.
Census data for Jefferson County show median household income comes to about $69,866, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 175 public schools and about 95,579 students.
Louisville Male High's closest public school neighbor is Gheens Early Childhood Center, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 39.8% is above the 30.4% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 1,763, compared with 1,992 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 20.8 in 2020-21 to 19.2 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Louisville Male High can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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
- Southern HighHigh · 1,725 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
- Southern HighHigh · 1,725 students
- Fern Creek HighHigh · 1,525 students
Nearby schools
- Gheens Early Childhood Center0.1 mi · 32
- Camp Taylor Elementary0.8 mi · 367
- Liberty High0.9 mi · 100
- Mary Ryan Academy1.5 mi · 16
- W.E.B. DuBois Academy1.5 mi · 477
- Audubon Traditional Elementary1.7 mi · 610
Frequently asked questions
About Louisville Male HighHow many students attend Louisville Male High?
Louisville Male High enrolls approximately 1,763 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Louisville Male High serve?
Louisville Male High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Louisville Male High have?
Louisville Male High employs 92 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Louisville Male High?
Student demographics at Louisville Male High are roughly 41% White, 6% Hispanic, 44% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Louisville Male High public or private?
Louisville Male High 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.