Waller-Williams Environmental

Waller-Williams Environmental operates as an one-room-style unified-grade school in Louisville, Kentucky, part of Jefferson County. Current enrollment sits at 64 students spanning grades K through 12. That puts it 68% below the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 202 students.

Across the 167 schools in Jefferson County (95,124 students total), Waller-Williams Environmental accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Waller-Williams Environmental lists that Black students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 22% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Jefferson County's rate of about 61%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put the typical household earns roughly $69,866 per year, 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 Waller-Williams Environmental is one.

Nearest neighbor: Western High, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Waller-Williams Environmental.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Waller-Williams Environmental has contracted 39%, going from 105 students in 2018 to 64 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 68% to 72% over that span.

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