Louisville Male High

As a large senior high in Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville Male High educates 1,763 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Jefferson County. That puts it 216% bigger than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 558 students.

Jefferson County runs 167 schools in total, collectively educating 95,124 students. Louisville Male High is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Louisville Male High reports that 44% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 41% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 21% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 92 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 46% of students at Louisville Male High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Jefferson County's rate of about 61%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Louisville Male High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.8%.

Around the school, census data for Jefferson County shows median household earnings sit near $69,866, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson County's 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), Louisville Male High is one campus in the mix.

Gheens Early Childhood Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Louisville Male High comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.4%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 1,958 students in 2018 compared to 1,763 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 58% to 41% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.