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Enrollment
515
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000680
Smyrna Elementary School
6401 Outer Loop, Louisville, KY 40228 · (502) 485-8329 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL515 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- ·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
15.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
359 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 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
73%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
28.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
32.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
27.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Smyrna Elementary School
Smyrna Elementary School's state test result (27.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smyrna Elementary School this school | 515 | 69.7% | 27.7% |
| Klondike Lane Elementary Louisville | 527 | 69.4% | 26.0% |
| Hartstern Elementary Louisville | 597 | 65.0% | 19.5% |
| Blue Lick Elementary Louisville | 508 | 75.4% | 29.8% |
| Trunnell Elementary Louisville | 528 | 75.9% | 12.5% |
| Kenwood Elementary Louisville | 596 | 71.1% | 27.9% |
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 Smyrna Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #578 of 669 | #37 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #524 of 668 | #33 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #609 of 674 | #49 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #220 of 744 | #41 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #422 of 674 | #39 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.8% | #22 of 674 | #13 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.7% | #288 of 721 | #52 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.6% | #107 of 233 | #23 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
515
+40 (+8%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 475
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 515 | 33.5 | 15.4:1 | 70% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 30.7 | 15.7:1 | 63% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 31.8 | 16.0:1 | 65% (331) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 63% (300) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 30.3 | 15.7:1 | 72% (343) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 28 | 19.9:1 | 69% (381) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 29 | 17.5:1 | 54% (272) |
| 2000-01 | 602 | N/A | N/A | 39% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 475 | 28 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Smyrna Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (474 to 515); teachers up 11% (30.3 to 33.5).
About Smyrna Elementary School
Smyrna Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky, one of the schools in Jefferson County. A federal count lists 515 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Kentucky is about 421, so this school runs 22% bigger than that.
Smyrna Elementary School is part of a district of 167 schools: Jefferson County, with 95,124 students.
Enrollment at Smyrna Elementary School is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 34%. Beyond that, enrollment is 30% White, 25% Black, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. In Jefferson County overall, about 9% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Smyrna Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 73%.
A ratio of 15.4:1 comes from the school's 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Kentucky, the average ratio is about 15.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 70% in 2024-25. Compared with the 61% average for public schools in Jefferson County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for Smyrna Elementary School is D. Compared with Kentucky public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 12% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Smyrna Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Kentucky schools: 27.7% actual against 39.2% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in Jefferson County, median household income is about $69,866, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Jefferson County number 175 and enroll about 95,579.
The closest other public school is Marion C. Moore School, about 0.1 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Smyrna Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Smyrna Elementary School had 475 students in 2020-21 and 515 in 2024-25, an 8% rise.
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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 Smyrna Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Smyrna Elementary. Smyrna Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Smyrna Elementary SchoolSmyrna, GA · 870 students
- Smyrna ElementarySmyrna, TN · 646 students
- Smyrna Elementary SchoolSmyrna, DE · 420 students
Nearby schools
- Marion C. Moore School0.1 mi · 1,892
- Luhr Elementary0.9 mi · 544
- Hartstern Elementary1.4 mi · 597
- Southern High2.3 mi · 1,725
- Rangeland Elementary2.4 mi · 532
- Wilt Elementary2.5 mi · 522
Frequently asked questions
About Smyrna Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Smyrna Elementary School?
Smyrna Elementary School enrolls approximately 515 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Smyrna Elementary School serve?
Smyrna Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Smyrna Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Smyrna Elementary School is approximately 15.4:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Smyrna Elementary School?
At Smyrna Elementary School, the student body is approximately 30% White, 34% Hispanic, 25% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Smyrna Elementary School public or private?
Smyrna Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County.
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