KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education
KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education
Boys made up 51.4% of the county student body, while the other 48.6% were girls.
Data also showed that Black students made up 37.2% of the student body, the largest percentage in Jefferson County schools, followed by 36.1% of white students, 16% of Hispanic students and 5.8% of multiracial students.
Marion C. Moore School had the highest enrollment among Jefferson County’s 166 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 2,715 students.
Despite escaping some of the pandemic's educational disruptions, Kentucky's achievement gaps have remained an issue since 2019. In the eighth-grade reading assessments, for example, Hispanic students scored eight points lower than their white peers, and the gap reached 15 points in math. Black students fared even worse, falling more than 20 points behind and facing a failure rate nearly double that of their white counterparts.
Kentucky is in the midst of a statewide teacher shortage as turnover rates spiked to 10.9% in 2023, up from an 8.9% nine-year average. This issue is more prominent in schools with more low-income and minority students.
Data also shows that between 2019 and 2023, there was an increase of 260% in the number of available teaching posts in Kentucky schools. This often leads to larger class sizes, combining programs, and retaining staff despite potential negative impacts on teacher working conditions.
Enrollment in Jefferson County Schools Over 3 Years
Enrollment in Jefferson County Schools Compared to Previous Year
| School Name | Total Enrollment in 2022 | Total Enrollment in 2023 | % change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion C. Moore School | 2,635 | 2,715 | 3% |
| Pathfinder School of Innovation | 4,615 | 2,396 | -92.6% |
| Eastern High School | 2,229 | 2,240 | 0.5% |
| Ballard High School | 2,075 | 2,131 | 2.7% |
| Louisville Male High School | 1,993 | 2,003 | 0.5% |
| Dupont Manual High School | 1,922 | 1,935 | 0.7% |
| Fern Creek High School | 1,935 | 1,902 | -1.7% |
| Peace Academy | 1,873 | 1,858 | -0.8% |
| Pleasure Ridge Park High School | 1,670 | 1,642 | -1.7% |
| Southern High School | 1,456 | 1,596 | 9.6% |
| Seneca High School | 1,418 | 1,552 | 9.4% |
| Atherton High School | 1,538 | 1,542 | 0.3% |
| Fairdale High School | 1,478 | 1,508 | 2% |
| Newcomer Academy | 1,108 | 1,445 | 30.4% |
| Butler Traditional High School | 1,497 | 1,440 | -4% |
| Noe Middle School | 1,376 | 1,415 | 2.8% |
| Westport Middle School | 1,278 | 1,354 | 5.9% |
| Stuart Academy | 950 | 1,334 | 40.4% |
| Iroquois High School | 1,232 | 1,332 | 8.1% |
| Central High Magnet Career Academy | 1,273 | 1,233 | -3.2% |
| Crosby Middle School | 1,121 | 1,148 | 2.4% |
| Ramsey Middle School | 1,103 | 1,141 | 3.4% |
| Doss High School | 1,113 | 1,125 | 1.1% |
| Lassiter Middle School | 1,068 | 1,112 | 4.1% |
| Farnsley Middle School | 1,107 | 1,112 | 0.5% |
| Jeffersontown High School | 1,043 | 1,100 | 5.5% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School | 1,105 | 1,082 | -2.1% |
| Valley High School | 1,045 | 1,076 | 3% |
| Newburg Middle School | 1,089 | 1,072 | -1.6% |
| Waggener High School | 964 | 1,061 | 10.1% |
| Western High School | 915 | 1,036 | 13.2% |
| Meyzeek Middle School | 1,073 | 1,020 | -5.2% |
| McFerran Preparatory Academy | 862 | 903 | 4.8% |
| Jefferson County Traditional Middle School | 906 | 897 | -1% |
| Highland Middle School | 909 | 888 | -2.4% |
| Tully Elementary School | 849 | 851 | 0.2% |
| Conway Middle School | 868 | 818 | -6.1% |
| Fern Creek Elementary School | 767 | 816 | 6.4% |
| Farmer Elementary School | 794 | 809 | 1.9% |
| Kammerer Middle School | 872 | 801 | -8.9% |
| Stopher Elementary School | 798 | 794 | -0.5% |
| Jeffersontown Elementary School | 731 | 763 | 4.4% |
| Johnson Traditional Middle School | 849 | 762 | -11.4% |
| Norton Elementary School | 769 | 758 | -1.5% |
| Bowen Elementary School | 763 | 756 | -0.9% |
| J. Graham Brown School | 740 | 742 | 0.3% |
| Laukhuf Elementary School | 663 | 714 | 7.7% |
| Goldsmith Elementary School | 688 | 702 | 2% |
| Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South | 710 | 693 | -2.5% |
| Norton Commons Elementary School | 647 | 685 | 5.9% |
| Auburndale Elementary School | 659 | 670 | 1.7% |
| Western Middle School for the Arts | 706 | 669 | -5.5% |
| Carrithers Middle School | 681 | 661 | -3% |
| Semple Elementary School | 658 | 660 | 0.3% |
| Wheeler Elementary School | 663 | 657 | -0.9% |
| Barret Traditional Middle School | 647 | 653 | 0.9% |
| Wilkerson Elementary School | 507 | 651 | 28.4% |
| Fairdale Elementary School | 641 | 650 | 1.4% |
| Chancey Elementary School | 621 | 649 | 4.5% |
| Audubon Traditional Elementary School | 613 | 637 | 3.9% |
| Eisenhower Elementary School | 618 | 636 | 2.9% |
| The Brook-Kmi | 543 | 634 | 16.8% |
| Foster Traditional Academy | 626 | 631 | 0.8% |
| Blake Elementary School | 591 | 630 | 6.6% |
| Indian Trail Elementary School | 573 | 629 | 9.8% |
| Coral Ridge Elementary School | 578 | 629 | 8.8% |
| Wilder Elementary School | 607 | 628 | 3.5% |
| Kenwood Elementary School | 628 | 624 | -0.6% |
| Greathouse/Shryock Traditional | 620 | 624 | 0.6% |
| Hazelwood Elementary School | 565 | 620 | 9.7% |
| Lowe Elementary School | 617 | 613 | -0.7% |
| Smyrna Elementary School | 565 | 612 | 8.3% |
| Schaffner Traditional Elementary School | 613 | 611 | -0.3% |
| The Academy @ Shawnee | 561 | 609 | 8.6% |
| St. Matthews Elementary School | 610 | 609 | -0.2% |
| Middletown Elementary School | 596 | 609 | 2.2% |
| Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North | 627 | 609 | -3% |
| Bates Elementary School | 602 | 604 | 0.3% |
| Watterson Elementary School | 552 | 597 | 8.2% |
| W.E.B. Dubois Academy | 558 | 594 | 6.5% |
| Luhr Elementary School | 549 | 594 | 8.2% |
| Hartstern Elementary School | 531 | 588 | 10.7% |
| Wilt Elementary School | 534 | 583 | 9.2% |
| Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts | 574 | 583 | 1.6% |
| Cochrane Elementary School | 562 | 583 | 3.7% |
| Blue Lick Elementary School | 536 | 575 | 7.3% |
| Rutherford Elementary School | 553 | 573 | 3.6% |
| Carter Traditional Elementary School | 573 | 563 | -1.8% |
| Trunnell Elementary School | 519 | 557 | 7.3% |
| Jacob Elementary School | 522 | 554 | 6.1% |
| Bloom Elementary School | 536 | 534 | -0.4% |
| Chenoweth Elementary School | 550 | 533 | -3.2% |
| Camp Taylor Elementary School | 512 | 533 | 4.1% |
| Mill Creek Elementary School | 531 | 531 | 0% |
| Knight Middle School | 495 | 529 | 6.9% |
| Dunn Elementary School | 528 | 529 | 0.2% |
| Rangeland Elementary School | 490 | 528 | 7.8% |
| Klondike Lane Elementary School | 526 | 524 | -0.4% |
| Stonestreet Elementary School | 511 | 519 | 1.6% |
| Kennedy Elementary School | 524 | 519 | -1% |
| Price Elementary School | 481 | 511 | 6.2% |
| Shelby Academy | 569 | 505 | -12.7% |
| Greenwood Elementary School | 484 | 498 | 2.9% |
| Minor Daniels Academy | 340 | 496 | 45.9% |
| Hawthorne Elementary School | 483 | 493 | 2.1% |
| Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary School | 485 | 493 | 1.6% |
| Shacklette Elementary School | 464 | 487 | 5% |
| Medora Elementary School | 486 | 482 | -0.8% |
| Hite Elementary School | 480 | 481 | 0.2% |
| Wellington Elementary School | 438 | 478 | 9.1% |
| Sanders Elementary School | 439 | 478 | 8.9% |
| Brandeis Elementary School | 460 | 476 | 3.5% |
| Layne Elementary School | 440 | 475 | 8% |
| Cane Run Elementary School | 424 | 470 | 10.8% |
| Ackerly | 427 | 466 | 9.1% |
| Field Elementary School | 436 | 459 | 5.3% |
| Slaughter Elementary School | 476 | 441 | -7.9% |
| Kerrick Elementary School | 454 | 435 | -4.4% |
| Gutermuth Elementary School | 413 | 431 | 4.4% |
| Minors Lane Elementary School | 393 | 429 | 9.2% |
| Alex R. Kennedy Elementary School | 417 | 424 | 1.7% |
| The Brook-Dupont | 377 | 418 | 10.9% |
| Dixie Elementary School | 381 | 418 | 9.7% |
| Okolona Elementary School | 379 | 414 | 9.2% |
| The Phoenix School of Discovery | 395 | 412 | 4.3% |
| Crums Lane Elementary School | 436 | 412 | -5.8% |
| Anchorage Independent Public School | 412 | 411 | -0.2% |
| George Unseld Early Childhood Center | 341 | 396 | 16.1% |
| Maupin Elementary School | 383 | 392 | 2.3% |
| Cochran Elementary School | 368 | 388 | 5.4% |
| Johnsontown Road Elementary School | 295 | 387 | 31.2% |
| Wheatley Elementary School | 374 | 379 | 1.3% |
| Atkinson Academy | 382 | 378 | -1.1% |
| Frayser Elementary School | 351 | 375 | 6.8% |
| Zachary Taylor Elementary School | 370 | 370 | 0% |
| Grace M. James Academy of Excellence | 248 | 364 | 46.8% |
| King Elementary School | 332 | 363 | 9.3% |
| Engelhard Elementary School | 317 | 347 | 9.5% |
| Dawson Orman Education Center | 162 | 325 | 100.6% |
| Byck Elementary School | 360 | 323 | -11.5% |
| Westport Early Childhood Center | 195 | 315 | 61.5% |
| Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary School | 351 | 314 | -11.8% |
| Duvalle Education Center | 243 | 310 | 27.6% |
| Portland Elementary School | 261 | 278 | 6.5% |
| Breckinridge Metropolitan High School | 164 | 235 | 43.3% |
| Young Elementary School | 237 | 215 | -10.2% |
| Liberty High School | 136 | 184 | 35.3% |
| Jefferson Regional Juvenile Detention Ce | 189 | 145 | -30.3% |
| Home of the Innocents School | 128 | 134 | 4.7% |
| Mary Jo and William MacDonald Maryhurst | 119 | 127 | 6.7% |
| Churchill Park School | 109 | 122 | 11.9% |
| Brooklawn | 252 | 120 | -110% |
| Waller-Williams Environmental | 126 | 119 | -5.9% |
| Kentucky School for the Blind | 73 | 76 | 4.1% |
| Georgia Chaffee Teenage Parent Program | 89 | 74 | -20.3% |
| St. Joseph Children's Home | 67 | 70 | 4.5% |
| Boys & Girls Haven | 70 | 58 | -20.7% |
| Binet School | 59 | 46 | -28.3% |
| Home of the Innocents Discovery | 30 | 35 | 16.7% |
| Ahrens Educational Resource Center | 31 | 35 | 12.9% |
| Mary Ryan Academy | 26 | 24 | -8.3% |
| Western Day Treatment | 29 | 23 | -26.1% |
| Bellewood | 75 | 21 | -257.1% |
| U. of L. Pact Program | 20 | 20 | 0% |
| Louisville Day | 22 | 15 | -46.7% |
| Heuser Hearing & Language Academy | 36 | 11 | -227.3% |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Wilt Elementary School• Kenwood Elementary School• Conway Middle School• Highland Middle School• Price Elementary School• Coleridge-Taylor Elementary School• Roosevelt Perry Elementary School• Hazelwood Elementary School• Blue Lick Elementary School• Wellington Elementary School• Jacob Elementary School• Gutermuth Elementary School• St. Joseph Childrens Home• Kentucky Department of Education• Indian Trail Elementary School• Farmer Elementary School• King Elementary School• Jefferson County Traditional Middle School• Jeffersontown Elementary School• Brandeis Elementary School• Valley Traditional High School• Auburndale Elementary School• Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North• McFerran Preparatory Academy• Carter Elementary School• Crums Lane Elementary School• Kammerer Middle School• Mary Ryan Academy• Slaughter Elementary School• Brooklawn• Southern High School Magnet Career Academy• Moore Traditional School• Stonestreet Elementary School• Waggener High School• Jeffersontown High School Magnet Career Academy• Iroquois High School• Jefferson County High School• Blake Elementary School• Rangeland Elementary School• Layne Elementary School• Ramsey Middle School• Goldsmith Elementary School• Eisenhower Elementary School• Camp Taylor Elementary School• Hite Elementary School• Stopher Elementary School• Noe Middle School• Watterson Elementary School• Lowe Elementary School• Heuser Hearing & Language Academy• Klondike Elementary School• Fern Creek Traditional High School• Anchorage Independent Public School• Tully Elementary School• Center At Riverport• Binet School• Norton Elementary School• Dawson Orman Ed. Center• Wilkerson Elementary School• Doss High School Magnet Career Academy• Bowen Elementary School• Kerrick Elementary School• Ballard High School• Bloom Elementary School• Peace Academy School• Engelhard Elementary School• Laukhuf Elementary School• Smyrna Elementary School• Dunn Elementary School• Field Elementary School• Luhr Elementary School• Shacklette Elementary School• Kennedy Elementary Montessori• Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South• Liberty High School• Barret Traditional Middle School• Thomas Jefferson Middle School• Eastern High School• Middletown Elementary School• Western High School• Schaffner Elementary School• Breckinridge/Franklin Elementary School• Maupin Elementary School• Young Elementary School• Cane Run Elementary School• Foster Traditional Academy• Mill Creek Elementary School• Coral Ridge Elementary School• Meyzeek Middle School• Fern Creek Elementary School• Bates Elementary School• Cochran Elementary School• The Brook-Kmi• Farnsley Middle School• Knight Middle School• Western Middle School• Atherton High School• Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts• Duvalle Educational Center• Trunnell Elementary School• Shelby Traditional Academy• Sanders Elementary School• Hartstern Elementary School• Ahrens Educational Resource• Johnsontown Road Elementary School• Lassiter Middle School• The Brook-Dupont• Rutherford Elementary School• Frayser Elementary School• The Academy @ Shawnee• Fairdale Elementary School• Greathouse Shryock Traditional• Westport Middle School• St. Matthews Elementary School• Byck Elementary School• Semple Elementary School• Kentucky School for the Blind• Wheatley Elementary School• Carrithers Middle School• Breckinridge Metropolitan High School• Portland Elementary School• Crosby Middle School• Chenoweth Elementary School• Fairdale High School Mca• U Of L. Pact Program• Dupont Manual High School• Dixie Elementary School• Ackerly/Bingham Guidance Center High• Zachary Taylor Elementary School• Minors Lane Elementary School• Butler Traditional High School• Okolona Elementary School• Louisville Male High School• Chancey Elementary School• Medora Elementary School• Louisville Day Treatment• Hawthorne Elementary School• Pleasure Ridge Park High School• Cochrane Elementary School• Atkinson Academy• Frost Middle School• Seneca High School• Wilder Elementary School• Watson Lane Elementary School• The Phoenix School Of Discovery• Johnson Traditional Middle School• Newburg Middle School• Wheeler Elementary School• Greenwood Elementary School• Audubon Traditional Elementary School
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