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Enrollment
847
Middle
DISTRICT 761 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000754
Meyzeek Middle
828 South Jackson Street, Louisville, KY 40203 · (502) 485-8299 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL847 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Kentucky public middle 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
428 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 293 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 244 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 310 | 37% |
Student demographics
74%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
44.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
43.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
41.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Meyzeek Middle
Meyzeek Middle's state test result (41.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meyzeek Middle this school | 847 | 50.5% | 41.6% |
| Drakes Creek Middle School Bowling Green | 704 | 60.2% | 60.0% |
| South Warren Middle School Bowling Green | 805 | 45.6% | 60.2% |
| Echo Trail Middle School Louisville | 697 | 35.2% | 47.0% |
| Noe Middle Louisville | 1,155 | 42.8% | 60.8% |
| Crosby Middle Middletown | 809 | 42.0% | 46.9% |
Matched among Kentucky middle 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 Meyzeek Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #96 of 216 | #5 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #92 of 216 | #5 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #121 of 217 | #7 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 847 | #25 of 221 | #8 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #143 of 210 | #16 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.4% | #2 of 210 | #1 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #162 of 219 | #19 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #23 of 156 | #5 of 17 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
847
-215 (-20%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 1,159
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
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 | 847 | 50.7 | 16.7:1 | 51% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 896 | 52.5 | 17.1:1 | 44% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 930 | 48.8 | 19.1:1 | 42% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 1,062 | 51 | 20.8:1 | 41% (436) |
| 2017-18 | 1,109 | 55.3 | 20.1:1 | 49% (547) |
| 2015-16 | 1,095 | 56 | 19.6:1 | 46% (508) |
| 2010-11 | 992 | 58 | 17.1:1 | 53% (521) |
| 2000-01 | 1,118 | 56 | 20.0:1 | 49% (548) |
| 1990-91 | 1,159 | 64 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meyzeek Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (1,109 to 847); teachers down 8% (55.3 to 50.7).
About Meyzeek Middle
Meyzeek Middle is a large middle school in Louisville, Kentucky, (ZIP code 40203). The school counts 847 students across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 52% larger than the 558 average for middle schools in Kentucky.
Jefferson County, which runs Meyzeek Middle, has 167 schools and 95,124 students.
Black students are the largest group at Meyzeek Middle, with 35% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 27% Asian, 21% White, 11% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Jefferson County as a whole is about 21% Black, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Meyzeek Middle comes in at 74%.
At Meyzeek Middle, 50.7 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 16.7:1. For comparison, middle schools in Kentucky average 15.8:1. Roughly 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 61% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
Measured against Kentucky public middle schools, Meyzeek Middle receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Meyzeek Middle falls in the middle 80% of Kentucky schools: 41.6% actual against 46.3% predicted.
Census estimates describe Jefferson County this way: median household income is about $69,866, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Jefferson County number 175 and enroll about 95,579.
The shortest distance from Meyzeek Middle to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Dawson Orman Education Center. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Meyzeek Middle had 1,062 students in 2020-21 and 847 in 2024-25, a 20% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.8:1 to 16.7:1.
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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
- Louisville Male HighHigh · 1,763 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
- Louisville Male HighHigh · 1,763 students
- Southern HighHigh · 1,725 students
Nearby schools
- Dawson Orman Education Center0.2 mi · 149
- Pathfinder School of Innovation0.3 mi · 918
- Heuser Hearing & Language Academy0.4 mi · 7
- Ackerly0.5 mi · 4
- Engelhard Elementary0.5 mi · 265
- Ahrens Educational Resource Center0.7 mi · 38
Frequently asked questions
About Meyzeek MiddleHow large is Meyzeek Middle?
Meyzeek Middle enrolls approximately 847 students in grades 06-08.
Is Meyzeek Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Meyzeek Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Meyzeek Middle?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Meyzeek Middle.
What is the student diversity at Meyzeek Middle?
Student demographics at Meyzeek Middle are roughly 21% White, 11% Hispanic, 35% Black, 27% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Meyzeek Middle?
Meyzeek Middle is overseen by Jefferson County in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.