Wellington Elementary

Wellington Elementary is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in Louisville, Kentucky, operated by Jefferson County, enrolling 418 students in grades K through 5.

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

On the student-mix side, Wellington Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 21% White, 20% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Jefferson County's rate of about 61%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Wellington Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 35.9%; actual is 20.0%, a gap of -16.0 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household income runs about $69,866, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Jefferson County's 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), Wellington Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Farnsley Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wellington Elementary. On composite proficiency, Wellington Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 20.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 13%: 481 students in 2018 compared to 418 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 6% to 20%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Wellington Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.