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Enrollment
888
High
DISTRICT 862 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000649
Waggener High
330 S. Hubbards Lane, Louisville, KY 40207 · (502) 485-8340 · Jefferson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL888 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Kentucky public high 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
583 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 216 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 233 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 268 | 30% |
| Grade 12 | 167 | 19% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 0% |
Student demographics
69%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
25.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
22.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
24.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% 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 Waggener High
Waggener High's state test result (24.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waggener High this school | 888 | 65.7% | 24.0% |
| Jeffersontown High Jeffersontown | 1,196 | 65.7% | 25.7% |
| Doss High Louisville | 1,235 | 70.0% | 8.3% |
| Seneca High Louisville | 1,255 | 67.8% | 20.3% |
| Hopkinsville High School Hopkinsville | 961 | 63.1% | 34.3% |
| Valley High Louisville | 850 | 68.5% | 16.7% |
Matched among Kentucky high 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 Waggener High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #195 of 211 | #8 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #197 of 211 | #9 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #204 of 211 | #12 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 888 | #87 of 304 | #18 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #40 of 217 | #6 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #11 of 217 | #4 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.7% | #63 of 230 | #14 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #125 of 139 | #10 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high 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
888
+20 (+2%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 952
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 888 | 62.9 | 14.1:1 | 66% (583) |
| 2023-24 | 867 | 58.9 | 14.7:1 | 67% (580) |
| 2022-23 | 863 | 54.6 | 15.8:1 | 65% (565) |
| 2020-21 | 868 | 67 | 13.0:1 | 65% (563) |
| 2017-18 | 904 | 58.6 | 15.4:1 | 70% (636) |
| 2015-16 | 836 | 54 | 15.5:1 | 66% (555) |
| 2010-11 | 831 | 62 | 13.4:1 | 74% (611) |
| 2000-01 | 875 | 44 | 19.9:1 | 33% (287) |
| 1990-91 | 952 | 57 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waggener High.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (904 to 888); teachers up 7% (58.6 to 62.9).
About Waggener High
Waggener High is a high-enrollment high school with an address in Louisville, Kentucky. A federal count lists 888 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Kentucky) has about 558 students.
Jefferson County, which runs Waggener High, has 167 schools and 95,124 students.
At Waggener High, the largest share of students is Black, at 42%. Next come 28% White, 22% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 21% Black. The school's diversity index is 69%, meaning two students picked at random have a 69% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 62.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.1:1. On average, high schools in Kentucky have 16.6:1, compared with 14.1:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 66% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Kentucky public high schools, Waggener High receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 40.7% for Waggener High, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 24.0%. The 16.7-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Kentucky schools.
In the county around the school, Jefferson County, the median household income is $69,866, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Jefferson County is home to 175 public schools and about 95,579 public school students.
The school nearest to Waggener High is St Matthews Elementary, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Waggener High places 7th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The NCES locale for Waggener High is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 868 to 888, a small change. Students per teacher rose from 13.0 in 2020-21 to 14.1 in 2024-25.
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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
Nearby schools
- St Matthews Elementary0.2 mi · 598
- The Brook-Dupont0.8 mi · 2
- Greathouse/Shryock Traditional1.5 mi · 607
- The Phoenix School of Discovery1.9 mi · 383
- Chenoweth Elementary2.2 mi · 569
- Field Elementary2.3 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About Waggener HighHow many students attend Waggener High?
Waggener High enrolls approximately 888 students in grades 09-12.
Is Waggener High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Waggener High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Waggener High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Waggener High is approximately 14.1:1 (63 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Waggener High?
Waggener High reports a student body of 28% White, 22% Hispanic, 42% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Waggener High in?
Waggener High is part of Jefferson County.
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