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Mary Jo and William MacDonald Maryhurst
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Mary Jo and William MacDonald Maryhurst
Mary Jo and William MacDonald Maryhurst, a very small four-year high school in Louisville, Kentucky, operated by Jefferson County, caters to 63 students, covering grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 558 students each, so Mary Jo and William MacDonald Maryhurst sits 89% below that benchmark.
Jefferson County runs 167 schools in total, collectively educating 95,124 students. Mary Jo and William MacDonald Maryhurst is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Mary Jo and William MacDonald Maryhurst shows that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Mary Jo and William MacDonald Maryhurst has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 4.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Jefferson County's rate of about 61%.
In the area at large, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,866 per year, 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 Mary Jo and William MacDonald Maryhurst is one.
Nearest neighbor: Anchorage Independent Public School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mary Jo and William MacDonald Maryhurst.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 69 students in 2018 compared to 63 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 7.7:1 in 2018 to 4.8:1 today.
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