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Enrollment
1,166
Middle
DISTRICT 761 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299001427
Stuart Middle School
4603 Valley Station Rd, Louisville, KY 40272 · (502) 485-8334 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,166 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Kentucky public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
847 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 406 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 353 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 407 | 35% |
Student demographics
72%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
18.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
10.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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
14.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% 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 Stuart Middle School
Stuart Middle School's state test result (14.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Middle School this school | 1,166 | 72.6% | 14.6% |
| Crawford Middle School Lexington | 710 | 66.2% | 34.2% |
| Knight Middle Louisville | 757 | 71.9% | 19.1% |
| Conway Middle Louisville | 678 | 67.8% | 12.1% |
| Farnsley Middle Louisville | 919 | 68.7% | 26.8% |
| Winburn Middle School Lexington | 768 | 65.4% | 28.3% |
Matched among Kentucky middle 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 Stuart Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #213 of 216 | #19 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #216 of 216 | #22 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #212 of 217 | #18 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,166 | #1 of 221 | #1 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #165 of 210 | #17 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.0% | #5 of 210 | #3 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.6% | #27 of 219 | #7 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +51.2% | #5 of 49 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,166
+318 (+38%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 1,593
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 1,166 | 67 | 17.4:1 | 73% (847) |
| 2023-24 | 1,008 | 64 | 15.8:1 | 72% (726) |
| 2022-23 | 1,105 | 62.7 | 17.6:1 | 72% (798) |
| 2020-21 | 848 | 50 | 17.0:1 | 79% (673) |
| 2017-18 | 771 | 47.5 | 16.2:1 | 78% (601) |
| 2015-16 | 805 | 48 | 16.8:1 | 80% (643) |
| 2010-11 | 1,069 | 66 | 16.2:1 | 81% (861) |
| 2000-01 | 1,320 | 63 | 20.9:1 | 51% (673) |
| 1990-91 | 1,593 | 85 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stuart Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 51% (771 to 1,166); teachers up 41% (47.5 to 67).
About Stuart Middle School
Stuart Middle School is a large middle school in Kentucky, located in Louisville. A total of 1,166 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. Against the 558-student average for middle schools in Kentucky, enrollment here is 109% higher.
Jefferson County has 167 schools and 95,124 students, and Stuart Middle School is one of those schools.
Stuart Middle School's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 33%. It is also 29% White, 29% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Jefferson County's residents are about 21% Black, 12 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Stuart Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.
The school reports 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 17.4 students per teacher. For comparison, middle schools in Kentucky average 15.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 73% of students. The average for public schools in Jefferson County is 61%.
The allk12 Grade for Stuart Middle School is F. Compared with Kentucky public middle schools, the school scored higher than 1% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Stuart Middle School would score about 38.1%. It scores 14.6%, a bottom-10% result among Kentucky schools on BeatsExpectations.
Jefferson County census figures show that median household income is about $69,866, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Stuart Middle School is among the 175 public schools in Jefferson County.
The school nearest to Stuart Middle School is Layne Elementary, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Within five miles of Stuart Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Stuart Middle School is 9th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 1,166, 38% above the 848 of 2020-21.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Stuart Middle schools
One other US public school is named Stuart Middle. Stuart Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- STUART MIDDLE SCHOOLSTUART, FL · 777 students
Nearby schools
- Layne Elementary0.2 mi · 430
- Stonestreet Elementary0.6 mi · 517
- Valley High1.3 mi · 850
- Dixie Elementary1.5 mi · 370
- Wilkerson Elementary School1.9 mi · 541
- Eisenhower Elementary2.1 mi · 592
Frequently asked questions
About Stuart Middle SchoolHow many students attend Stuart Middle School?
Stuart Middle School enrolls approximately 1,166 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Stuart Middle School serve?
Stuart Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Stuart Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Stuart Middle School is approximately 17.4:1 (67 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Stuart Middle School?
Stuart Middle School reports a student body of 29% White, 29% Hispanic, 33% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Stuart Middle School?
Stuart Middle School is overseen by Jefferson County in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.