Slaughter Elementary

Slaughter Elementary is one of the medium-sized elementary schools in Louisville, Kentucky, operated by Jefferson County, with 466 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Within Jefferson County, which oversees 167 schools and 95,124 students, Slaughter Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Slaughter Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 28% Black, 10% White, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jefferson County (around 61%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Slaughter Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.1%; this one comes in at 19.7%, -15.4 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) shows that median household earnings sit near $69,866, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Jefferson County runs 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), of which Slaughter Elementary is one.

Indian Trail Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Slaughter Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Slaughter Elementary at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 16.5%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Slaughter Elementary's enrollment has edged up 19% since 2018, when it stood at 390 (now 466). Hispanic enrollment moved from 52% to 57% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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