Shacklette Elementary

As a mid-sized K-5 school in Louisville, Kentucky, Shacklette Elementary caters to 429 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Jefferson County.

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

Demographically, Shacklette Elementary lists that the largest single group is Black at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 32% Hispanic, 24% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 21% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 76% of students at Shacklette Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Jefferson County's rate of about 61%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Shacklette Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 37.0%; actual is 13.5%, a gap of -23.5 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) records that the typical household earns roughly $69,866 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Jefferson County's 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), Shacklette Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Conway Middle, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Shacklette Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 20.1%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 3%: 415 students in 2018 compared to 429 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 17% to 32%.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.