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Enrollment
615
Middle
DISTRICT 761 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000642
Newburg Middle
4901 Exeter Avenue, Louisville, KY 40218 · (502) 485-8306 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL615 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Kentucky public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
417 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 192 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 166 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 257 | 42% |
Student demographics
71%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
29.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
28.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Newburg Middle
Newburg Middle's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newburg Middle this school | 615 | 67.8% | 26.4% |
| Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South Louisville | 543 | 78.6% | 12.1% |
| Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North Louisville | 470 | 78.3% | 15.0% |
| Crawford Middle School Lexington | 710 | 66.2% | 34.2% |
| Conway Middle Louisville | 678 | 67.8% | 12.1% |
| Carrithers Middle Louisville | 545 | 63.9% | 27.5% |
Matched among Kentucky middle 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 Newburg Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #197 of 216 | #14 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #182 of 216 | #12 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #198 of 217 | #13 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 615 | #87 of 221 | #17 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #23 of 210 | #4 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #14 of 210 | #7 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.8% | #51 of 219 | #11 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.7% | #4 of 156 | #1 of 17 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
615
-423 (-41%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 831
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
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 | 615 | 46 | 13.4:1 | 68% (417) |
| 2023-24 | 753 | 55 | 13.7:1 | 63% (472) |
| 2022-23 | 941 | 59.3 | 15.9:1 | 64% (601) |
| 2020-21 | 1,038 | 62 | 16.7:1 | 64% (660) |
| 2017-18 | 1,073 | 59.5 | 18.0:1 | 73% (779) |
| 2015-16 | 1,068 | 59 | 18.1:1 | 69% (742) |
| 2010-11 | 941 | 50 | 18.8:1 | 62% (580) |
| 2000-01 | 1,007 | 50 | 20.1:1 | 42% (420) |
| 1990-91 | 831 | 48 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newburg Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 43% (1,073 to 615); teachers down 23% (59.5 to 46).
About Newburg Middle
Families in Louisville, Kentucky, are served by Newburg Middle, a mid-sized middle-grades school. The school has 615 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8.
Newburg Middle falls under Jefferson County, which has 167 schools enrolling 95,124 students.
The largest group at Newburg Middle is Black students, at 44%. Smaller groups are 24% Hispanic, 18% White, 8% Asian, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Jefferson County is roughly 21% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Newburg Middle scores 71%.
Classroom staffing at Newburg Middle totals 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.4:1. Statewide, middle schools in Kentucky average 15.8:1. Federal data show 68% of students (417) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Newburg Middle holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 8% of Kentucky public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Newburg Middle is -13.5 points: 26.4% actual, 39.9% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Jefferson County show that median household income comes to about $69,866, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 175, with about 95,579 students.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Price Elementary, is the closest to Newburg Middle. Newburg Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 26.4% average proficiency ranks 1st among 5 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Newburg Middle is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment records show 1,038 in 2020-21 and 615 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.7:1 to 13.4:1.
On allk12, people connected to Newburg Middle 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
- Price Elementary0.2 mi · 470
- George Unseld Early Childhood Center0.8 mi · 266
- Thomas Jefferson Early Childhood Center1.0 mi · 57
- Thomas Jefferson Middle1.0 mi · 943
- Rangeland Elementary1.0 mi · 532
- Minor Daniels Academy1.2 mi · 184
Frequently asked questions
About Newburg MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Newburg Middle?
Newburg Middle enrolls approximately 615 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Newburg Middle serve?
Newburg Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Newburg Middle have?
Newburg Middle employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Newburg Middle?
Student demographics at Newburg Middle are roughly 18% White, 24% Hispanic, 44% Black, 8% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Newburg Middle public or private?
Newburg Middle 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.