St Matthews Elementary

St Matthews Elementary is one of the moderately sized K-5 schools in Louisville, Kentucky, overseen by Jefferson County, with 598 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so St Matthews Elementary sits 42% above that benchmark.

Jefferson County runs 167 schools in total, collectively educating 95,124 students. St Matthews Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, St Matthews Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 24% Black, 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting St Matthews Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 41% of students at St Matthews Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Jefferson County (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, St Matthews Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.6%; this one delivers 47.2%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) shows that median household income runs about $69,866, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. St Matthews Elementary is one of 175 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students).

The closest other public school is Waggener High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, St Matthews Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. St Matthews Elementary's enrollment has edged up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 555 (now 598). Hispanic enrollment moved from 4% to 19% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the St Matthews Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.