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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000693
Slaughter Elementary
3805 Fern Valley Road, Louisville, KY 40219 · (502) 485-8328 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
17.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
376 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 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
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
19.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
20.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
19.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% 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 Slaughter Elementary
Slaughter Elementary's state test result (19.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slaughter Elementary this school | 466 | 80.7% | 19.7% |
| Minors Lane Elementary Louisville | 370 | 79.7% | 22.7% |
| Mary Todd Elementary School Lexington | 405 | 74.8% | 31.4% |
| Arlington Elementary School Lexington | 322 | 84.5% | 19.7% |
| Northern Elementary School Lexington | 424 | 75.0% | 24.3% |
| Okolona Elementary Louisville | 417 | 74.8% | 26.1% |
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 Slaughter Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #640 of 669 | #64 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #632 of 668 | #59 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #653 of 674 | #70 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #297 of 744 | #51 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #592 of 674 | #65 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #165 of 674 | #67 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.7% | #102 of 721 | #21 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.5% | #42 of 233 | #8 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
466
+31 (+7%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 455
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 466 | 27.3 | 17.1:1 | 81% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 30.3 | 14.1:1 | 76% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 375 | 33.8 | 11.1:1 | 77% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 38 | 11.4:1 | 70% (306) |
| 2017-18 | 390 | 33.8 | 11.5:1 | 87% (341) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 36 | 12.1:1 | 87% (379) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | 32 | 15.5:1 | 92% (458) |
| 2000-01 | 360 | N/A | N/A | 78% (279) |
| 1990-91 | 455 | 23 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Slaughter Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (390 to 466); teachers down 19% (33.8 to 27.3).
About Slaughter Elementary
Students in Louisville, Kentucky, attend Slaughter Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 466 students.
Jefferson County enrolls 95,124 students, and its 167 schools include Slaughter Elementary.
Federal enrollment data show Slaughter Elementary is 57% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 28% Black, 10% White, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 49 points above the 9% share among Jefferson County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
Classroom staffing at Slaughter Elementary totals 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Kentucky is 15.4:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Slaughter Elementary is about 81%. On average, public schools in Jefferson County report 61%.
Slaughter Elementary earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 4% of Kentucky public elementary schools.
In Kentucky, Slaughter Elementary is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 19.7% compared with a predicted 35.1%.
The county, Jefferson County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $69,866 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting Slaughter Elementary, Jefferson County has 175 public schools.
Slaughter Elementary's nearest public school is Indian Trail Elementary (about 0.9 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Slaughter Elementary. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Slaughter Elementary is 2nd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose by 7% across 4 years, from 435 in 2020-21 to 466 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 11.4:1 in 2020-21 to 17.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- 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 Slaughter Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Slaughter Elementary. Slaughter Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Slaughter Elementary SchoolMCKINNEY, TX · 554 students
- Slaughter Elementary SchoolSlaughter, LA · 482 students
Nearby schools
- Indian Trail Elementary0.9 mi · 649
- Thomas Jefferson Early Childhood Center1.0 mi · 57
- Thomas Jefferson Middle1.0 mi · 943
- Mary Ryan Academy1.0 mi · 16
- W.E.B. DuBois Academy1.0 mi · 477
- George Unseld Early Childhood Center1.2 mi · 266
Frequently asked questions
About Slaughter ElementaryHow large is Slaughter Elementary?
Slaughter Elementary enrolls approximately 466 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Slaughter Elementary serve?
Slaughter Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Slaughter Elementary?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Slaughter Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Slaughter Elementary?
Student demographics at Slaughter Elementary are roughly 10% White, 57% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Slaughter Elementary in?
Slaughter Elementary is part of Jefferson County.
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