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Best Elementary Schools in Louisville, KY (2025-26)
Every ranked elementary school in Louisville, KY, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.
Louisville, KY rankings: Elementary Schools
Louisville, KY elementary schools ranked
How Louisville, KY's elementary schools compare
A: 5B: 9C: 9D: 28F: 34
16% of the 85 ranked elementary schools in Louisville, KY earn an A or B (5 A grades, 9 B, 9 C, 28 D, 34 F), against 46% of elementary schools nationwide. 51 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (60% here, 70% nationally), and 16 exceed it. On average 29% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 21% (national averages: 46% actual, 37% projected).
The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Greathouseshryock Traditional (74% against 52%, A+), Maupin Elementary (28% against 6%, D-), Hawthorne Elementary (56% against 35%, A-), Wilt Elementary (46% against 26%, B-), Wheeler Elementary (51% against 32%, B).
Districts with the most schools in the top quarter (the top 22): Jefferson County (21).
The largest ranked elementary schools: Tully Elementary (788 students, B+, #8), Stopher Elementary (780 students, A, #4), Farmer Elementary (772 students, B, #13).
Of the top 25, 5 are magnet schools and 0 are charters. Selective and specialised schools tend to post high actual scores; the projection column is the fairer comparison for a neighborhood school.
Elementary schools in Louisville, KY that are not ranked
4 graded elementary schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.
Not yet graded (4)
Our source data has no school-level proficiency results for these schools, so they carry no SchoolGrade yet.
- Bellewood, Louisville
- Heuser Hearing And Language Academy, Louisville
- The Brook Dupont, Louisville
- Western Day Treatment, Louisville
About this ranking
- Scope: public elementary schools in Louisville, KY, as grouped on its schools page; the Kentucky ranking covers the whole state.
- Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
- Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
- Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the elementary schools.
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works
Questions about elementary schools in Louisville, KY
What is the best elementary school in Louisville, KY?
Greathouseshryock Traditional in Louisville ranks first among the 85 ranked elementary schools in Louisville, KY with a SchoolGrade of A+, 74% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 52%.
How are elementary schools in Louisville, KY ranked?
By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.
How many elementary schools does Louisville, KY have?
SchoolGrade grades 89 public elementary schools in Louisville, KY; 85 are ranked here and 4 are listed as not ranked.