KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education
KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education
Fern Creek Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 160 students.
Within Jefferson County schools, the highest student population was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in preschool.
Statewide, Jefferson County ranked first in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked first the year before.
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.
Jefferson County Enrollment by Grade - Yearly Comparison
First Grade Enrollment in Jefferson County Schools for 2022-23 School Year
| School | # of 1st Grade Students Enrolled | % of Student Body | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fern Creek Elementary School | 160 | 19.6% | 816 |
| Bowen Elementary School | 142 | 18.8% | 756 |
| Tully Elementary School | 140 | 16.5% | 851 |
| Norton Elementary School | 135 | 17.8% | 758 |
| McFerran Preparatory Academy | 134 | 14.8% | 903 |
| Farmer Elementary School | 130 | 16.1% | 809 |
| Blake Elementary School | 128 | 20.3% | 630 |
| Jeffersontown Elementary School | 126 | 16.5% | 763 |
| Stopher Elementary School | 126 | 15.9% | 794 |
| Camp Taylor Elementary School | 124 | 23.3% | 533 |
| Laukhuf Elementary School | 124 | 17.4% | 714 |
| Goldsmith Elementary School | 119 | 17% | 702 |
| Wilder Elementary School | 118 | 18.8% | 628 |
| Semple Elementary School | 118 | 17.9% | 660 |
| Indian Trail Elementary School | 116 | 18.4% | 629 |
| Watterson Elementary School | 115 | 19.3% | 597 |
| Auburndale Elementary School | 115 | 17.2% | 670 |
| Middletown Elementary School | 114 | 18.7% | 609 |
| Kenwood Elementary School | 113 | 18.1% | 624 |
| Fairdale Elementary School | 112 | 17.2% | 650 |
| Chancey Elementary School | 111 | 17.1% | 649 |
| Lowe Elementary School | 107 | 17.5% | 613 |
| Eisenhower Elementary School | 105 | 16.5% | 636 |
| Norton Commons Elementary School | 105 | 15.3% | 685 |
| Coral Ridge Elementary School | 104 | 16.5% | 629 |
| St. Matthews Elementary School | 104 | 17.1% | 609 |
| Wheeler Elementary School | 104 | 15.8% | 657 |
| Foster Traditional Academy | 102 | 16.2% | 631 |
| Bates Elementary School | 101 | 16.7% | 604 |
| Audubon Traditional Elementary School | 100 | 15.7% | 637 |
| Carter Traditional Elementary School | 99 | 17.6% | 563 |
| Schaffner Traditional Elementary School | 98 | 16% | 611 |
| Greathouse/Shryock Traditional | 97 | 15.5% | 624 |
| Chenoweth Elementary School | 97 | 18.2% | 533 |
| Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts | 97 | 16.6% | 583 |
| Wilt Elementary School | 96 | 16.5% | 583 |
| Rangeland Elementary School | 95 | 18% | 528 |
| Luhr Elementary School | 95 | 16% | 594 |
| Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary School | 93 | 18.9% | 493 |
| Hartstern Elementary School | 92 | 15.6% | 588 |
| Bloom Elementary School | 92 | 17.2% | 534 |
| Rutherford Elementary School | 92 | 16.1% | 573 |
| Kennedy Elementary School | 92 | 17.7% | 519 |
| Smyrna Elementary School | 89 | 14.5% | 612 |
| Wilkerson Elementary School | 87 | 13.4% | 651 |
| Stonestreet Elementary School | 87 | 16.8% | 519 |
| Cochrane Elementary School | 87 | 14.9% | 583 |
| Layne Elementary School | 87 | 18.3% | 475 |
| Jacob Elementary School | 87 | 15.7% | 554 |
| Price Elementary School | 86 | 16.8% | 511 |
| Blue Lick Elementary School | 85 | 14.8% | 575 |
| Trunnell Elementary School | 85 | 15.3% | 557 |
| Wellington Elementary School | 85 | 17.8% | 478 |
| Mill Creek Elementary School | 85 | 16% | 531 |
| Frayser Elementary School | 85 | 22.7% | 375 |
| Field Elementary School | 84 | 18.3% | 459 |
| Hite Elementary School | 82 | 17% | 481 |
| Atkinson Academy | 82 | 21.7% | 378 |
| Sanders Elementary School | 81 | 16.9% | 478 |
| Medora Elementary School | 80 | 16.6% | 482 |
| Kerrick Elementary School | 80 | 18.4% | 435 |
| Klondike Lane Elementary School | 80 | 15.3% | 524 |
| Greenwood Elementary School | 79 | 15.9% | 498 |
| Hawthorne Elementary School | 79 | 16% | 493 |
| Dunn Elementary School | 79 | 14.9% | 529 |
| Hazelwood Elementary School | 77 | 12.4% | 620 |
| Gutermuth Elementary School | 76 | 17.6% | 431 |
| Cane Run Elementary School | 75 | 16% | 470 |
| Brandeis Elementary School | 75 | 15.8% | 476 |
| Shelby Academy | 75 | 14.9% | 505 |
| Slaughter Elementary School | 74 | 16.8% | 441 |
| Engelhard Elementary School | 74 | 21.3% | 347 |
| Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary School | 71 | 22.6% | 314 |
| Cochran Elementary School | 68 | 17.5% | 388 |
| Peace Academy | 65 | 3.5% | 1,858 |
| Crums Lane Elementary School | 64 | 15.5% | 412 |
| Minors Lane Elementary School | 62 | 14.5% | 429 |
| Wheatley Elementary School | 62 | 16.4% | 379 |
| Dixie Elementary School | 61 | 14.6% | 418 |
| Okolona Elementary School | 60 | 14.5% | 414 |
| Zachary Taylor Elementary School | 58 | 15.7% | 370 |
| Shacklette Elementary School | 56 | 11.5% | 487 |
| Byck Elementary School | 55 | 17% | 323 |
| King Elementary School | 54 | 14.9% | 363 |
| Johnsontown Road Elementary School | 53 | 13.7% | 387 |
| Alex R. Kennedy Elementary School | 53 | 12.5% | 424 |
| J. Graham Brown School | 48 | 6.5% | 742 |
| Portland Elementary School | 48 | 17.3% | 278 |
| Maupin Elementary School | 46 | 11.7% | 392 |
| Anchorage Independent Public School | 43 | 10.5% | 411 |
| Pathfinder School of Innovation | 38 | 1.6% | 2,396 |
| Young Elementary School | 34 | 15.8% | 215 |
| The Brook-Dupont | 26 | 6.2% | 418 |
| Churchill Park School | 4 | 3.3% | 122 |
| Kentucky School for the Blind | 4 | 5.3% | 76 |
| Western Day Treatment | 2 | 8.7% | 23 |
| Waller-Williams Environmental | 1 | 0.8% | 119 |
| Binet School | 1 | 2.2% | 46 |
| Home of the Innocents Discovery | 1 | 2.9% | 35 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Wilt Elementary School• Kenwood Elementary School• Conway Middle School• Highland Middle School• Price Elementary School• Coleridge-Taylor 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• Western Day Treatment• 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• Alex R. Kennedy Elementary School• Kammerer Middle School• Mary Ryan Academy• Churchill Park School• 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• George Unseld Early Childhood Center• Blake Elementary School• Rangeland Elementary School• Newcomer Academy• J. Graham Brown School• Layne Elementary School• Ramsey Middle School• Goldsmith Elementary School• Eisenhower Elementary School• Camp Taylor Elementary School• Hite Elementary School• Georgia Chaffee Teenage Parent Program• Central High Magnet Career Academy• Stopher Elementary School• Home of the Innocents School• Noe Middle School• Watterson Elementary School• Lowe Elementary School• Heuser Hearing & Language Academy• Grace M. James Academy of Excellence• Klondike Elementary School• Fern Creek Traditional High School• Anchorage Independent Public School• Tully Elementary School• Binet School• Norton Elementary School• Dawson Orman Ed. Center• Wilkerson Elementary School• Waller-Williams Environmental• Doss High School Magnet Career Academy• Bowen Elementary School• Kerrick Elementary School• Ballard High School• Home of the Innocents Discovery• Minor Daniels Academy• 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• Bellewood• The Academy @ Shawnee• Fairdale Elementary School• Greathouse Shryock Traditional• Westport Middle School• St. Matthews Elementary School• Boys & Girls Haven• Byck Elementary School• Semple Elementary School• Kentucky School for the Blind• Wheatley Elementary School• Carrithers Middle School• Mary Jo and William MacDonald Maryhurst• Breckinridge Metropolitan High School• Portland Elementary School• Crosby Middle School• Chenoweth Elementary School• Fairdale High School Mca• U Of L. Pact Program• Jefferson Regional Juvenile Detention Ce• Dupont Manual High School• Dixie Elementary School• W.E.B. Dubois Academy• Westport Early Childhood Center• 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• Pathfinder School of Innovation• Pleasure Ridge Park High School• Cochrane Elementary School• Atkinson Academy• Seneca High School• Norton Commons Elementary School• Wilder Elementary School• The Phoenix School Of Discovery• Johnson Traditional Middle School• Newburg Middle School• Wheeler Elementary School• Greenwood Elementary School• Audubon Traditional Elementary School• Stuart Academy
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