Enrollment
260
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000671
Zachary Taylor Elementary
9620 Westport Road, Louisville, KY 40241 · (502) 485-8336 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL260 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Kentucky public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
176 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
74%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
33.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
28.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Zachary Taylor Elementary
Zachary Taylor Elementary's state test result (26.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zachary Taylor Elementary this school | 260 | 67.7% | 26.2% |
| Kerrick Elementary Louisville | 348 | 73.0% | 16.6% |
| George Unseld Early Childhood Center Louisville | 266 | 75.6% | N/A |
| Watterson Elementary Louisville | 454 | 71.4% | 22.4% |
| Southern Elementary School Lexington | 476 | 71.0% | 33.9% |
| Cochrane Elementary Louisville | 470 | 60.6% | 26.4% |
Matched among Kentucky elementary 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 Zachary Taylor Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #596 of 669 | #45 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #567 of 668 | #39 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #572 of 674 | #39 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 260 | #624 of 744 | #90 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #16 of 674 | #4 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.1% | #8 of 674 | #5 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.7% | #332 of 721 | #56 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.6% | #10 of 437 | #7 of 46 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
260
-92 (-26%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 671
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 260 | 23.3 | 11.2:1 | 68% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 289 | 22.7 | 12.7:1 | 62% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 23.4 | 12.8:1 | 68% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | 26 | 13.5:1 | 61% (214) |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 29.3 | 15.7:1 | 78% (361) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 72% (338) |
| 2010-11 | 500 | 29 | 17.2:1 | 59% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 684 | N/A | N/A | 27% (185) |
| 1990-91 | 671 | 32 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Zachary Taylor Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (461 to 260); teachers down 20% (29.3 to 23.3).
About Zachary Taylor Elementary
Zachary Taylor Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school, is located in Louisville, Kentucky. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 260 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Kentucky is roughly 421 students; this school is 38% smaller than that.
Jefferson County serves 95,124 students across 167 schools.
Black students form the largest group at Zachary Taylor Elementary, 33% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 27% Hispanic, 25% White, 8% multiracial, and 7% Asian. In Jefferson County overall, about 21% of residents are Black. Zachary Taylor Elementary has a diversity index of 74%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Zachary Taylor Elementary employs 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 11.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Kentucky is 15.4:1, higher than at this school. Zachary Taylor Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 68%.
Zachary Taylor Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 10% of Kentucky public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Zachary Taylor Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Kentucky schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 26.2%; the prediction is 39.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Jefferson County show that median household income is about $69,866, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Zachary Taylor Elementary is one of 175 public schools in Jefferson County, which together enroll about 95,579 students.
The closest public school to Zachary Taylor Elementary is Westport Early Childhood Center, about 1.0 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 58.7%, higher than Zachary Taylor Elementary's 26.2%.
For locale, NCES codes Zachary Taylor Elementary as City: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 352 in 2020-21 and 260 in 2024-25, a 26% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.5:1 in 2020-21 to 11.2:1 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
- Westport Early Childhood Center1.0 mi · 271
- Bowen Elementary1.2 mi · 729
- Mary Jo and William MacDonald Maryhurst1.6 mi · 63
- The Brook-KMI1.6 mi · 29
- Westport Middle1.7 mi · 988
- Norton Elementary1.7 mi · 716
Frequently asked questions
About Zachary Taylor ElementaryHow many students attend Zachary Taylor Elementary?
Zachary Taylor Elementary enrolls approximately 260 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Zachary Taylor Elementary serve?
Zachary Taylor Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Zachary Taylor Elementary?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Zachary Taylor Elementary.
How diverse is Zachary Taylor Elementary?
Zachary Taylor Elementary reports a student body of 25% White, 27% Hispanic, 33% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Zachary Taylor Elementary in?
Zachary Taylor Elementary is part of Jefferson County.
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