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If you had an hour of school board time for Middletown Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000634
Middletown Elementary
218 North Madison Avenue, Louisville, KY 40243 · (502) 485-8300 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- CTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
279 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
73%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
42.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
35.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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
37.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.9%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Middletown Elementary
Middletown Elementary's state test result (37.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middletown Elementary this school | 573 | 48.7% | 37.3% |
| Meadowthorpe Elementary School Lexington | 517 | 48.0% | 65.0% |
| Wheeler Elementary Louisville | 626 | 45.0% | 49.9% |
| Farmer Elementary Louisville | 737 | 44.9% | 48.4% |
| Bowen Elementary Louisville | 729 | 42.7% | 47.0% |
| Glendover Elementary School Lexington | 482 | 42.9% | 64.4% |
Matched among Kentucky elementary 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 Middletown Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #460 of 669 | #24 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #470 of 668 | #25 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #469 of 674 | #25 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #153 of 744 | #26 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #566 of 674 | #61 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #23 of 674 | #14 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.7% | #602 of 721 | #74 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #183 of 233 | #37 of 46 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
573
+55 (+11%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 686
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 573 | 34.3 | 16.7:1 | 49% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 572 | 34.8 | 16.4:1 | 48% (273) |
| 2022-23 | 538 | 34.3 | 15.7:1 | 49% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 32 | 16.2:1 | 43% (225) |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 32.9 | 17.0:1 | 41% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 605 | 34 | 17.8:1 | 45% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 609 | 37 | 16.5:1 | 45% (277) |
| 2000-01 | 586 | N/A | N/A | 33% (191) |
| 1990-91 | 686 | 32 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Middletown Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (557 to 573); teachers up 4% (32.9 to 34.3).
About Middletown Elementary
The public elementary school Middletown Elementary is located in Louisville, Kentucky. Enrollment is 573 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 421-student average for elementary schools in Kentucky, enrollment here is 36% higher.
Middletown Elementary is one of 167 schools in Jefferson County, which enrolls 95,124 students in total.
White students form the largest group at Middletown Elementary, 42% of enrollment. Next come 22% Black, 18% Hispanic, 11% Asian, and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 63% White among all Jefferson County residents. By the diversity index, Middletown Elementary comes in at 73%.
The school reports 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.7 students per teacher. The 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 49%. Compared with the 61% average for public schools in Jefferson County, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades Middletown Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with Kentucky public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Middletown Elementary is 9.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 37.3%. Predicted: 46.9%.
In Jefferson County (population about 783,022), median household income is about $69,866, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Middletown Elementary is one of 175 public schools in Jefferson County, which together enroll about 95,579 students.
The closest public school, Eastern High, is about 0.9 miles from Middletown Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Middletown Elementary ranks 6th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Middletown Elementary as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 518 in 2020-21 and 573 in 2024-25, a rise of 55 students.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Middletown Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Other Middletown Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Middletown Elementary. Middletown Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Middletown ElementaryMiddletown, VA · 648 students
- Middletown ElementaryMiddletown, MD · 460 students
Nearby schools
- Eastern High0.9 mi · 1,790
- Crosby Middle1.0 mi · 809
- Anchorage Independent Public School1.2 mi · 392
- Hite Elementary1.2 mi · 498
- Bellewood1.4 mi · 7
- Mary Jo and William MacDonald Maryhurst1.5 mi · 63
Frequently asked questions
About Middletown ElementaryHow many students attend Middletown Elementary?
Middletown Elementary enrolls approximately 573 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Middletown Elementary serve?
Middletown Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Middletown Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Middletown Elementary is approximately 16.7:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Middletown Elementary?
At Middletown Elementary, the student body is approximately 42% White, 18% Hispanic, 22% Black, 11% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Middletown Elementary public or private?
Middletown Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.