Enrollment
304
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000771
Portland Elementary
3410 Northwestern Parkway, Louisville, KY 40212 · (502) 485-8313 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL304 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% 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.
- C-Beats 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
14.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
276 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
58%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
26.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
13.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Portland Elementary
Portland Elementary's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Elementary this school | 304 | 90.8% | 22.0% |
| McNabb Elementary School Paducah | 334 | 91.0% | 26.9% |
| Shelby Academy Louisville | 290 | 83.8% | 18.5% |
| Atkinson Academy Louisville | 462 | 92.0% | 12.5% |
| Morgan Elementary School Paducah | 369 | 85.1% | 40.4% |
| 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 Portland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #623 of 669 | #54 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #656 of 668 | #74 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #629 of 674 | #58 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 304 | #564 of 744 | #83 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #204 of 674 | #19 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #169 of 674 | #69 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.8% | #14 of 721 | #6 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #160 of 233 | #31 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
304
+56 (+23%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 454
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 304 | 21.8 | 14.0:1 | 91% (276) |
| 2023-24 | 279 | 24 | 11.6:1 | 78% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 241 | 19.2 | 12.5:1 | 88% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 248 | 23 | 10.8:1 | 83% (206) |
| 2017-18 | 293 | 25.9 | 11.3:1 | 95% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 24 | 12.3:1 | 94% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 255 | 22 | 11.6:1 | 91% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 401 | N/A | N/A | 90% (361) |
| 1990-91 | 454 | 29 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Portland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (293 to 304); teachers down 16% (25.9 to 21.8).
About Portland Elementary
Families in Louisville, Kentucky, are served by Portland Elementary, a small elementary school. It has an enrollment of 304 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Kentucky enroll around 421, and this school is 28% below that mark.
Portland Elementary sits within Jefferson County, which has 167 schools and 95,124 students.
More than half of the students at Portland Elementary are Black (57%). Next come 28% White, 12% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. That compares with about 21% Black among all Jefferson County residents. The diversity index for Portland Elementary is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Portland Elementary, there are about 14.0 students; the school has 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 91%. It compares with 61% for public schools in Jefferson County.
On the allk12 Grade, Portland Elementary lands at D, ahead of 10% of Kentucky public elementary schools.
In Kentucky, Portland Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 22.0% actual against a predicted 31.4%.
In the wider Jefferson County area, median household income comes to about $69,866, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Jefferson County's 175 public schools enroll about 95,579 students and include Portland Elementary.
Atkinson Academy, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Portland Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Portland Elementary is 2nd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 248 to 304, a 23% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 10.8:1 to 14.0:1.
On allk12, people connected to Portland Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Portland Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Portland Elementary. Portland Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- PORTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPORTLAND, AR · 136 students
Nearby schools
- Atkinson Academy0.7 mi · 462
- The Academy @ Shawnee1.1 mi · 1,051
- Western Middle School for the Arts1.3 mi · 665
- Dr. J. Blaine Hudson Middle School1.3 mi · 615
- S Ellen Jones Elementary School1.4 mi · 243
- Byck Elementary1.5 mi · 272
Frequently asked questions
About Portland ElementaryHow many students attend Portland Elementary?
Portland Elementary enrolls approximately 304 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Portland Elementary serve?
Portland Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Portland Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Portland Elementary is approximately 14.0:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Portland Elementary?
Portland Elementary reports a student body of 28% White, 3% Hispanic, 57% Black, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Portland Elementary?
Portland Elementary is overseen by Jefferson County in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.