Price Elementary

Located at 5001 Garden Green Way, in Louisville, Kentucky, Price Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that educates 470 students (grades K through 5), operated by Jefferson County.

Price Elementary is one of 167 schools operated by Jefferson County, a district that works with 95,124 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Price Elementary logs that 50% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 29% Hispanic, 11% White, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 21% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Price Elementary shows 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Price Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 76% of students at Price Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Jefferson County (around 61%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Price Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 37.0%; this one comes in at 20.6%, -16.4 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put the typical household earns roughly $69,866 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), of which Price Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Newburg Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Price Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 16.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Price Elementary has increased 17%, going from 403 students in 2018 to 470 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 60% to 50% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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