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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Schaffner Traditional Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299001587
Schaffner Traditional Elementary
2701 Crums Lane, Louisville, KY 40216 · (502) 485-8217 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
17.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
337 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
5
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 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
64%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
45.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
39.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.2%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Schaffner Traditional Elementary
Schaffner Traditional Elementary's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schaffner Traditional Elementary this school | 573 | 58.8% | 38.8% |
| Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts Louisville | 578 | 53.6% | 30.4% |
| Chancey Elementary Louisville | 510 | 60.6% | 27.1% |
| Picadome Elementary School Lexington | 434 | 58.5% | 36.4% |
| Brandeis Elementary Louisville | 420 | 51.4% | 40.3% |
| Audubon Traditional Elementary Louisville | 610 | 46.2% | 49.8% |
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 Schaffner Traditional Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #437 of 669 | #22 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #418 of 668 | #22 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #422 of 674 | #23 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #154 of 744 | #27 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #609 of 674 | #71 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #119 of 674 | #54 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.8% | #487 of 721 | #67 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #368 of 437 | #34 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
573
-23 (-4%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 818
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 573 | 33.1 | 17.3:1 | 59% (337) |
| 2023-24 | 601 | 32.1 | 18.7:1 | 56% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 599 | 31.2 | 19.2:1 | 51% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 596 | 30 | 19.9:1 | 45% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 595 | 29.2 | 20.4:1 | 45% (265) |
| 2015-16 | 609 | 29 | 21.0:1 | 46% (282) |
| 2010-11 | 599 | 29 | 20.7:1 | 39% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 590 | N/A | N/A | 26% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 818 | 20 | 40.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Schaffner Traditional Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (595 to 573); teachers up 13% (29.2 to 33.1).
About Schaffner Traditional Elementary
Schaffner Traditional Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky. The latest federal count shows 573 students in kindergarten through 5. Against the 421-student average for elementary schools in Kentucky, enrollment here is 36% higher.
Jefferson County is responsible for 167 schools, Schaffner Traditional Elementary included, with 95,124 students in all.
At 51%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Schaffner Traditional Elementary combined. After that, the student body is 29% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Jefferson County, the Black share is about 21%. Schaffner Traditional Elementary has a diversity index of 64%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Schaffner Traditional Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 17.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Kentucky is 15.4:1, lower than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 59%. Across public schools in Jefferson County, the average is about the same, 61%.
Schaffner Traditional Elementary is graded C by allk12, scoring above 30% of Kentucky public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 43.2% for a school in Kentucky with Schaffner Traditional Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Schaffner Traditional Elementary posts 38.8%.
Jefferson County has these Census figures: median household income is about $69,866, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Schaffner Traditional Elementary is among the 175 public schools in Jefferson County.
Of nearby public schools, Butler Traditional High is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 19.0% proficiency; Schaffner Traditional Elementary posts 38.8%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 573, 4% below the 596 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 17.3:1, from 19.9:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Butler Traditional High0.5 mi · 1,290
- Mill Creek Elementary0.8 mi · 437
- Crums Lane Elementary0.8 mi · 457
- Cane Run Elementary1.0 mi · 401
- Gutermuth Elementary1.6 mi · 451
- Jacob Elementary1.6 mi · 519
Frequently asked questions
About Schaffner Traditional ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Schaffner Traditional Elementary?
Schaffner Traditional Elementary enrolls approximately 573 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Schaffner Traditional Elementary serve?
Schaffner Traditional Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Schaffner Traditional Elementary?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Schaffner Traditional Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Schaffner Traditional Elementary?
Student demographics at Schaffner Traditional Elementary are roughly 29% White, 8% Hispanic, 51% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Schaffner Traditional Elementary public or private?
Schaffner Traditional Elementary 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.