Norton Elementary

Norton Elementary is one of the sizable K-5 schools in Louisville, Kentucky, one of the schools within Jefferson County, with 716 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 70% larger than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

Norton Elementary is one of 167 schools operated by Jefferson County, a district that serves 95,124 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Norton Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Asian, 12% Black, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Norton Elementary logs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 23% of students at Norton Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Norton Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Kentucky public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 56.3%; Norton Elementary posts 72.7%, +16.4 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put the typical household earns roughly $69,866 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Jefferson County's 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), Norton Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Westport Early Childhood Center, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Norton Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 39.9%.

Norton Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Norton Elementary's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 721 (now 716). The White share of enrollment contracted from 67% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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