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What's something Pleasure Ridge Park High does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,777
High
DISTRICT 862 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000668
Pleasure Ridge Park High
5901 Greenwood Road, Louisville, KY 40258 · (502) 485-8311 · Jefferson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,777 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Kentucky public high 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
90 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
1,238 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 583 | 33% |
| Grade 10 | 449 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 370 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 366 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 1% |
Student demographics
68%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
21.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
15.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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
15.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% 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 Pleasure Ridge Park High
Pleasure Ridge Park High's state test result (15.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasure Ridge Park High this school | 1,777 | 69.7% | 15.5% |
| Jeffersontown High Jeffersontown | 1,196 | 65.7% | 25.7% |
| Valley High Louisville | 850 | 68.5% | 16.7% |
| Christian County High School Hopkinsville | 1,153 | 65.1% | 28.8% |
| Hopkinsville High School Hopkinsville | 961 | 63.1% | 34.3% |
| Butler Traditional High Louisville | 1,290 | 65.3% | 23.0% |
Matched among Kentucky high 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 Pleasure Ridge Park High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #208 of 211 | #16 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #207 of 211 | #15 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #208 of 211 | #16 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,777 | #15 of 304 | #5 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #197 of 217 | #23 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #20 of 217 | #8 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.7% | #45 of 230 | #8 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #51 of 72 | #10 of 11 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,777
+187 (+12%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 1,472
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 1,777 | 90.3 | 19.7:1 | 70% (1,238) |
| 2023-24 | 1,615 | 88.3 | 18.3:1 | 66% (1,072) |
| 2022-23 | 1,517 | 87 | 17.4:1 | 63% (951) |
| 2020-21 | 1,590 | 90 | 17.7:1 | 58% (923) |
| 2017-18 | 1,699 | 93.6 | 18.1:1 | 64% (1,082) |
| 2015-16 | 1,900 | 92 | 20.6:1 | 64% (1,212) |
| 2010-11 | 1,867 | 102 | 18.3:1 | 55% (1,028) |
| 2000-01 | 1,907 | 93 | 20.5:1 | 29% (554) |
| 1990-91 | 1,472 | 78 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasure Ridge Park High.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (1,699 to 1,777); teachers down 3% (93.6 to 90.3).
About Pleasure Ridge Park High
Pleasure Ridge Park High is a large high school in Louisville, Kentucky. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,777 students. High schools in Kentucky have about 558 students on average; enrollment here is 218% higher.
Jefferson County serves 95,124 students across 167 schools.
The biggest share of students at Pleasure Ridge Park High, 39%, is Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 38% White, 16% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. In Jefferson County overall, about 21% of residents are Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Pleasure Ridge Park High scores 68%.
Its staff includes 90.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 19.7 students per teacher. Compared with the 16.6:1 average for high schools in Kentucky, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 70% of students at Pleasure Ridge Park High can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 61% average for public schools in Jefferson County, the school's rate is higher.
Pleasure Ridge Park High holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 1% of Kentucky public high schools.
Test results at Pleasure Ridge Park High are 23.7 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 15.5%, compared with a predicted 39.2%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Kentucky.
In Jefferson County, the median household earns about $69,866 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Jefferson County, 175 public schools serve about 95,579 students.
The closest school to Pleasure Ridge Park High is Greenwood Elementary, located about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 15.5% is below the 20.5% average for nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Pleasure Ridge Park High is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count increased 12% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher increased from 17.7 to 19.7 over 4 years.
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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
- Louisville Male HighHigh · 1,763 students
- Southern HighHigh · 1,725 students
Other schools in Louisville
- Ballard HighHigh · 2,148 students
- duPont Manual HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Marion C. Moore SchoolHigh · 1,892 students
- Louisville Male HighHigh · 1,763 students
- Southern HighHigh · 1,725 students
- Fern Creek HighHigh · 1,525 students
Nearby schools
- Greenwood Elementary0.1 mi · 457
- Eisenhower Elementary0.7 mi · 592
- Conway Middle1.0 mi · 678
- Shacklette Elementary1.0 mi · 429
- Sanders Elementary1.2 mi · 394
- Wilkerson Elementary School1.7 mi · 541
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasure Ridge Park HighHow many students attend Pleasure Ridge Park High?
Pleasure Ridge Park High enrolls approximately 1,777 students in grades 09-12.
Is Pleasure Ridge Park High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pleasure Ridge Park High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Pleasure Ridge Park High have?
Pleasure Ridge Park High employs 90 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Pleasure Ridge Park High?
Student demographics at Pleasure Ridge Park High are roughly 38% White, 16% Hispanic, 39% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Pleasure Ridge Park High in?
Pleasure Ridge Park High is part of Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.