Maupin Elementary

Maupin Elementary is one of the tight-knit K-5 schools in Louisville, Kentucky, run under Jefferson County, with 302 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Maupin Elementary sits 28% smaller than that benchmark.

Jefferson County runs 167 schools in total, collectively educating 95,124 students. Maupin Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Maupin Elementary shows that nearly all students (89%) are Black. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 21% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Maupin Elementary logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Jefferson County's rate of about 61%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Maupin Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.5%, the actual is 20.5%, a residual of -10.0 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) logs that median household income runs about $69,866, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Jefferson County's 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), Maupin Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Johnson Traditional Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Maupin Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 20.2%.

Maupin Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 308 students in 2018 compared to 302 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Maupin Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.