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What's something Mill Creek Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000718
Mill Creek Elementary
3816 Dixie Highway, Louisville, KY 40216 · (502) 485-8301 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
16.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
363 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 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
38%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
16.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
12.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
14.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Mill Creek Elementary
Mill Creek Elementary's state test result (14.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek Elementary this school | 437 | 83.1% | 14.5% |
| Kennedy Elementary Louisville | 482 | 85.3% | 11.1% |
| Mcferran Preparatory Academy Louisville | 584 | 86.3% | 7.6% |
| Carter Traditional Elementary Louisville | 471 | 74.5% | 24.8% |
| Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School Louisville | 427 | 90.9% | 9.5% |
| Engelhard Elementary Louisville | 265 | 86.4% | N/A |
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 Mill Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #657 of 669 | #74 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #659 of 668 | #77 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #663 of 674 | #78 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #358 of 744 | #60 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #557 of 674 | #58 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.3% | #277 of 674 | #81 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.1% | #81 of 721 | #16 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #201 of 437 | #26 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
437
-48 (-10%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 437 | 26.3 | 16.6:1 | 83% (363) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 28.2 | 17.0:1 | 79% (377) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 23.1 | 20.5:1 | 80% (378) |
| 2020-21 | 485 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 80% (386) |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 30.2 | 16.7:1 | 86% (435) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 27 | 18.1:1 | 89% (433) |
| 2010-11 | 487 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 92% (447) |
| 2000-01 | 471 | N/A | N/A | 75% (353) |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 29 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mill Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (506 to 437); teachers down 13% (30.2 to 26.3).
About Mill Creek Elementary
Mill Creek Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Louisville, Kentucky. There are 437 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
Jefferson County is the district for Mill Creek Elementary. It has 167 schools and 95,124 students.
More than half of enrollment at Mill Creek Elementary is Black: 78%. The next largest groups are 10% Hispanic, 6% White, and 5% multiracial. The school's Black share is 57 points above the 21% share among Jefferson County residents. The diversity index for Mill Creek Elementary is 38%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1. The gap from the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky is 1.2 students per teacher. The school reported 83% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Among public schools in Jefferson County, the average eligibility rate is 61%.
Among Kentucky public elementary schools, Mill Creek Elementary outscored 2%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 14.5%, is 19.8 points below the 34.2% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Kentucky schools.
The school is in Jefferson County, where median household income comes to about $69,866, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jefferson County counts 175 public schools with about 95,579 students.
Of the public schools around it, Mill Creek Elementary is closest to Butler Traditional High, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Mill Creek Elementary ranks 7th of 8 on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 48 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Mill Creek Elementary lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Mill Creek Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 11 states are named Mill Creek Elementary. Mill Creek Elementary is the 11th largest of the 14.
- Mill Creek Elementary SchoolLevittown, PA · 974 students
- Mill Creek Elementary SchoolMadison, AL · 965 students
- Mill Creek Elementary SchoolKnoxville, TN · 754 students
- Mill Creek Elementary SchoolWarrington, PA · 729 students
- Mill Creek ElementaryMill Creek, WA · 694 students
Nearby schools
- Butler Traditional High0.5 mi · 1,290
- Schaffner Traditional Elementary0.8 mi · 573
- Jacob Elementary0.9 mi · 519
- Cane Run Elementary1.0 mi · 401
- Gutermuth Elementary1.4 mi · 451
- Crums Lane Elementary1.6 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About Mill Creek ElementaryHow large is Mill Creek Elementary?
Mill Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 437 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mill Creek Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mill Creek Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Mill Creek Elementary have?
Mill Creek Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
How diverse is Mill Creek Elementary?
Mill Creek Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 10% Hispanic, 78% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Mill Creek Elementary in?
Mill Creek Elementary is part of Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.