Meyzeek Middle

Located at 828 South Jackson Street, in Louisville, Kentucky, Meyzeek Middle is a high-enrollment junior high that educates 847 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Jefferson County. Compared to the state average of about 558 students per school, that is 52% bigger than typical.

Across the 167 schools in Jefferson County (95,124 students total), Meyzeek Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Meyzeek Middle reports that the largest single group is Black at 35%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 27% Asian, 21% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 21% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 51% of students at Meyzeek Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Jefferson County's rate of about 61%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Meyzeek Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.3%; this one delivers 41.6%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) records that median household income runs about $69,866, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Jefferson County's 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), Meyzeek Middle is one campus in the mix.

Dawson Orman Education Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Meyzeek Middle.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Meyzeek Middle has shrank 24%, going from 1,109 students in 2018 to 847 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 21% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.