Enrollment
370
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000690
Minors Lane Elementary
8510 Minors Lane, Louisville, KY 40219 · (502) 485-8303 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
295 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
65%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
27.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
20.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
22.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Minors Lane Elementary
Minors Lane Elementary's state test result (22.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minors Lane Elementary this school | 370 | 79.7% | 22.7% |
| Arlington Elementary School Lexington | 322 | 84.5% | 19.7% |
| Slaughter Elementary Louisville | 466 | 80.7% | 19.7% |
| Okolona Elementary Louisville | 417 | 74.8% | 26.1% |
| John G Carlisle Elementary Covington | 333 | 82.3% | 46.5% |
| Dishman McGinnis Elementary School Bowling Green | 506 | 84.2% | 22.4% |
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 Minors Lane Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #620 of 669 | #52 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #634 of 668 | #61 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #617 of 674 | #54 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #477 of 744 | #76 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #15 of 674 | #3 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #106 of 674 | #50 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.7% | #112 of 721 | #22 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #187 of 437 | #24 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
370
+29 (+9%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 451
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 370 | 33.2 | 11.1:1 | 80% (295) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 30.4 | 12.3:1 | 79% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 355 | 27.6 | 12.9:1 | 79% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 341 | 29 | 11.8:1 | 77% (261) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 31 | 13.9:1 | 89% (385) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 91% (427) |
| 2010-11 | 315 | 24 | 13.1:1 | 93% (292) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | N/A | N/A | 88% (408) |
| 1990-91 | 451 | 28 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Minors Lane Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (431 to 370); teachers up 7% (31 to 33.2).
About Minors Lane Elementary
Minors Lane Elementary is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 370 students.
Minors Lane Elementary is among 167 schools run by Jefferson County, which serves 95,124 students.
At Minors Lane Elementary, 51% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 21% White, 21% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Jefferson County is roughly 9% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Minors Lane Elementary scores 65%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.1:1. The school has 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 11.1:1 compares with an average of 15.4:1 for elementary schools in Kentucky. Federal data show 80% of students (295) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 61% average among public schools in Jefferson County.
Among Kentucky public elementary schools, Minors Lane Elementary outscored 8%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
In Kentucky, Minors Lane Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 22.7% actual against a predicted 35.5%.
The county, Jefferson County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $69,866, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 175 public schools and about 95,579 students.
Blake Elementary is the nearest public school to Minors Lane Elementary, about 1.1 miles away. Minors Lane Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Minors Lane Elementary ranks 5th on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Minors Lane Elementary is City: Large.
From 341 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 370 by 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Minors Lane Elementary can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Blake Elementary1.1 mi · 561
- Okolona Elementary1.7 mi · 417
- Southern High1.8 mi · 1,725
- Blue Lick Elementary1.8 mi · 508
- Knight Middle1.9 mi · 757
- Georgia Chaffee Teenage Parent Program2.0 mi · 43
Frequently asked questions
About Minors Lane ElementaryHow many students attend Minors Lane Elementary?
Minors Lane Elementary enrolls approximately 370 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Minors Lane Elementary serve?
Minors Lane Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Minors Lane Elementary have?
Minors Lane Elementary employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
How diverse is Minors Lane Elementary?
Minors Lane Elementary reports a student body of 21% White, 51% Hispanic, 21% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Minors Lane Elementary in?
Minors Lane Elementary is part of Jefferson County.
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