Louisville City Wire

There were 8,282 sixth grade students enrolled in Jefferson County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.9% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Noe Middle School welcomed most of the sixth grade students in the county, registering 478 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.

School	# of 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Noe Middle School	478	33.8%	1,415
Westport Middle School	463	34.2%	1,354
Stuart Academy	444	33.3%	1,334
Lassiter Middle School	414	37.2%	1,112
Ramsey Middle School	403	35.3%	1,141
Crosby Middle School	380	33.1%	1,148
Marion C. Moore School	380	14%	2,715
Farnsley Middle School	365	32.8%	1,112
Newburg Middle School	362	33.8%	1,072
Thomas Jefferson Middle School	353	32.6%	1,082
Meyzeek Middle School	344	33.7%	1,020
Highland Middle School	300	33.8%	888
Jefferson County Traditional Middle School	296	33%	897
Conway Middle School	269	32.9%	818
Johnson Traditional Middle School	265	34.8%	762
Kammerer Middle School	242	30.2%	801
Western Middle School for the Arts	230	34.4%	669
Barret Traditional Middle School	225	34.5%	653
Carrithers Middle School	219	33.1%	661
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South	215	31%	693
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North	192	31.5%	609
Knight Middle School	185	35%	529
Peace Academy	175	9.4%	1,858
Newcomer Academy	174	12%	1,445
Pathfinder School of Innovation	162	6.8%	2,396
W.E.B. Dubois Academy	150	25.3%	594
Grace M. James Academy of Excellence	128	35.2%	364
The Brook-Dupont	104	24.9%	418
J. Graham Brown School	74	10%	742
The Phoenix School of Discovery	52	12.6%	412
The Academy @ Shawnee	42	6.9%	609
Anchorage Independent Public School	39	9.5%	411
Minor Daniels Academy	37	7.5%	496
Ackerly	32	6.9%	466
Brooklawn	22	18.3%	120
St. Joseph Children's Home	18	25.7%	70
Waller-Williams Environmental	16	13.4%	119
Home of the Innocents School	9	6.7%	134
Kentucky School for the Blind	7	9.2%	76
Home of the Innocents Discovery	5	14.3%	35
The Brook-Kmi	4	0.6%	634
Boys & Girls Haven	3	5.2%	58
Churchill Park School	2	1.6%	122
Binet School	1	2.2%	46
Mary Jo and William MacDonald Maryhurst	1	0.8%	127
Jefferson Regional Juvenile Detention Ce	1	0.7%	145