Lowe Elementary

Lowe Elementary is an average-sized elementary-level community in Louisville, Kentucky, one of the schools within Jefferson County. The school caters to 608 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 44% above the state mean of about 421.

Lowe Elementary is one of 167 schools operated by Jefferson County, a district that hosts 95,124 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lowe Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 23% Asian, 12% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Lowe Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Jefferson County's rate of about 61%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lowe Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.6%; this one delivers 52.9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,866 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Jefferson County runs 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), of which Lowe Elementary is one.

The Phoenix School of Discovery is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lowe Elementary. On composite proficiency, Lowe Elementary comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 51.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 601 students in 2018 compared to 608 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

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