Middletown Elementary

Set in Louisville, Kentucky, Middletown Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, run under Jefferson County. It educates 573 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 36% bigger than typical.

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

Looking at the student body, Middletown Elementary lists that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 22% Black, 18% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 49% of students at Middletown Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Jefferson County's rate of about 61%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Middletown Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.9%, the actual is 37.3%, a residual of -9.6 points.

Around the school, census data for Jefferson County shows median household income runs about $69,866, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson County's 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), Middletown Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Eastern High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Middletown Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 51.8%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 3%: 557 students in 2018 compared to 573 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 42% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.