Tully Elementary

Tully Elementary is a substantial elementary campus in Louisville, Kentucky, run under Jefferson County. The school caters to 791 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 88% larger than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

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

Looking at the student body, Tully Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment; the rest consists of 21% Black, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Tully Elementary shows 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 41% of students at Tully Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Jefferson County (around 61%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Tully Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.7%, the actual is 51.2%, a residual of +1.5 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,866 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Tully Elementary is one of 175 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students).

Nearest neighbor: Jeffersontown High, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Tully Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 6%: 744 students in 2018 compared to 791 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 66% to 55%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.