Thomas Jefferson Middle

As a substantial junior high in Louisville, Kentucky, Thomas Jefferson Middle caters to 943 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Jefferson County. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 558 students each, so Thomas Jefferson Middle sits 69% larger than that benchmark.

Jefferson County comprises 167 schools with combined enrollment of 95,124 students; Thomas Jefferson Middle is among them.

In terms of who attends, Thomas Jefferson Middle reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 31% Black, 16% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 9% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Jefferson County's rate of about 61%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Thomas Jefferson Middle is in the bottom 10% of Kentucky public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 37.2%; Thomas Jefferson Middle posts 13.9%, -23.3 points below that line.

In the area at large, census data for Jefferson County shows median household income runs about $69,866, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Jefferson County runs 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), of which Thomas Jefferson Middle is one.

Thomas Jefferson Early Childhood Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Thomas Jefferson Middle at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 18.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Thomas Jefferson Middle's enrollment has decreased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 992 (now 943). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 23% to 46% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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