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Jefferson County Schools
Schools graded
164
Cities served
5
Students
94,793
Students per teacher
15.2
Grades
Pre-K to 12
Area
378 sq mi
State
KY
Jefferson County is a public school district in Kentucky, based in Jefferson County (Louisville). SchoolGrade grades 164 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Jefferson County on the map
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District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Jefferson County
Average SchoolGrade
D
Meeting or exceeding expectations
22%
Exceeding
7%
Avg actual scores
19.7%
Avg projected
27%
149 of 164 schools in Jefferson County carry a SchoolGrade (15 have too little test data to grade). Grade distribution:
A: 5B: 12C: 18D: 67F: 47
Best schools in Jefferson County
Statewide rankings: all 225 high schools in Kentucky · all 207 middle schools in Kentucky · all 676 elementary schools in Kentucky
The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward 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.
- A Dupont Manual High (High school, exceeds expectations)
- A Greathouseshryock Traditional (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A- Norton Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- A- J Graham Brown School (K-12 school, exceeds expectations)
- A- Noe Middle (Middle school, exceeds expectations)
- B+ Meyzeek Middle (Middle school, exceeds expectations)
- B Lowe Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- B Louisville Male High (High school, exceeds expectations)
- B Stopher Elementary (Elementary school, underperforms expectations)
- B Barret Traditional Middle (Middle school, doesn't meet expectations)
Every school in Jefferson County
High schools (20)
- B- Atherton High, Louisville
- B- Ballard High, Louisville
- D+ Breckinridge Metropolitan High, Louisville
- D+ Butler Traditional High, Louisville
- D Central High Magnet Career Academy, Louisville
- F Doss High, Louisville
- A Dupont Manual High, Louisville
- B- Eastern High, Middletown
- D Fairdale High, Fairdale
- D Fern Creek High, Louisville
- F Iroquois High, Louisville
- D- Jeffersontown High, Jeffersontown
- D+ Liberty High, Louisville
- B Louisville Male High, Louisville
- D- Pleasure Ridge Park High, Louisville
- F Seneca High, Louisville
- D- Southern High, Louisville
- D- Valley High, Louisville
- D- Waggener High, Louisville
- F Western High, Louisville
Middle and junior high schools (18)
- B Barret Traditional Middle, Louisville
- D- Carrithers Middle, Louisville
- F Conway Middle, Louisville
- C+ Crosby Middle, Middletown
- D Farnsley Middle, Louisville
- D Highland Middle, Louisville
- C Jefferson County Traditional Middle, Louisville
- D- Johnson Traditional Middle, Louisville
- D+ Kammerer Middle, Louisville
- D- Knight Middle, Louisville
- D- Lassiter Middle, Louisville
- B+ Meyzeek Middle, Louisville
- D Newburg Middle, Louisville
- A- Noe Middle, Louisville
- D Ramsey Middle, Louisville
- F Thomas Jefferson Middle, Louisville
- D Western Middle School For The Arts, Louisville
- D Westport Middle, Louisville
Elementary and primary schools (85)
- D Alex R Kennedy Elementary, Louisville
- D Auburndale Elementary, Louisville
- C Audubon Traditional Elementary, Louisville
- D+ Bates Elementary, Louisville
- D- Blake Elementary, Louisville
- C+ Bloom Elementary, Louisville
- D- Blue Lick Elementary, Louisville
- B- Bowen Elementary, Louisville
- B- Brandeis Elementary, Louisville
- F Breckinridge Franklin Elementary, Louisville
- F Byck Elementary, Louisville
- D- Camp Taylor Elementary, Louisville
- F Cane Run Elementary, Louisville
- D Carter Traditional Elementary, Louisville
- D Chancey Elementary, Louisville
- C- Chenoweth Elementary, Louisville
- D- Cochran Elementary, Louisville
- D Cochrane Elementary, Louisville
- F Coleridge Taylor Montessori Elementary, Louisville
- D Coral Ridge Elementary, Fairdale
- D- Crums Lane Elementary, Louisville
- D- Dixie Elementary, Louisville
- B- Dunn Elementary, Louisville
- D+ Eisenhower Elementary, Louisville
- F Engelhard Elementary, Louisville
- D Fairdale Elementary, Fairdale
- C Farmer Elementary, Louisville
- D Fern Creek Elementary, Louisville
- B- Field Elementary, Louisville
- F Frayser Elementary, Louisville
- George Unseld Early Childhood Center, Louisville
- D- Goldsmith Elementary, Louisville
- D- Greenwood Elementary, Louisville
- F Gutermuth Elementary, Louisville
- D Hartstern Elementary, Louisville
- C Hawthorne Elementary, Louisville
- F Hazelwood Elementary, Louisville
- C Hite Elementary, Middletown
- F Indian Trail Elementary, Louisville
- F Jacob Elementary, Louisville
- D Jeffersontown Elementary, Jeffersontown
- D Johnsontown Road Elementary, Louisville
- F Kennedy Elementary, Louisville
- D Kenwood Elementary, Louisville
- F Kerrick Elementary, Louisville
- F King Elementary, Louisville
- D- Klondike Lane Elementary, Louisville
- D- Laukhuf Elementary, Louisville
- D- Layne Elementary, Louisville
- C- Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts, Louisville
- B Lowe Elementary, Louisville
- D Luhr Elementary, Louisville
- F Maupin Elementary, Louisville
- D Medora Elementary, Louisville
- C Middletown Elementary, Louisville
- F Mill Creek Elementary, Louisville
- F Minors Lane Elementary, Louisville
- C Norton Commons Elementary, Prospect
- A- Norton Elementary, Louisville
- F Okolona Elementary, Louisville
- D- Portland Elementary, Louisville
- F Price Elementary, Louisville
- F Rangeland Elementary, Louisville
- F Rutherford Elementary, Louisville
- F Sanders Elementary, Louisville
- C Schaffner Traditional Elementary, Louisville
- F Semple Elementary, Louisville
- F Shacklette Elementary, Louisville
- D- Slaughter Elementary, Louisville
- D- Smyrna Elementary School, Louisville
- C- St Matthews Elementary, Louisville
- D- Stonestreet Elementary, Louisville
- B Stopher Elementary, Louisville
- F Trunnell Elementary, Louisville
- C+ Tully Elementary, Louisville
- F Watterson Elementary, Louisville
- F Wellington Elementary, Louisville
- Westport Early Childhood Center, Louisville
- F Wheatley Elementary, Louisville
- C+ Wheeler Elementary, Louisville
- D+ Wilder Elementary, Louisville
- F Wilkerson Elementary School, Louisville
- C- Wilt Elementary, Louisville
- F Young Elementary, Louisville
- D- Zachary Taylor Elementary, Louisville
Other schools and academies (41)
- Ackerly, Louisville
- Ahrens Educational Resource Center, Louisville
- F Atkinson Academy, Louisville
- D- Bellewood, Louisville
- D+ Binet School, Louisville
- D+ Boys And Girls Haven, Louisville
- F Brooklawn, Louisville
- C- Churchill Park School, Louisville
- Dawson Orman Education Center, Louisville
- Duvalle Education Center, Louisville
- F Foster Traditional Academy, Louisville
- F Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North, Louisville
- F Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South, Louisville
- D+ Georgia Chaffee Teenage Parent Program, Fairdale
- D+ Grace M James Academy Of Excellence, Louisville
- A Greathouseshryock Traditional, Louisville
- Heuser Hearing And Language Academy, Louisville
- Home Of The Innocents Discovery, Louisville
- D Home Of The Innocents School, Louisville
- Homehospital, Louisville
- A- J Graham Brown School, Louisville
- Louisville Day, Louisville
- D- Marion C Moore School, Louisville
- D- Mary Jo And William Macdonald Maryhurst, Louisville
- Mary Ryan Academy, Louisville
- F Mcferran Preparatory Academy, Louisville
- D- Minor Daniels Academy, Louisville
- F Newcomer Academy, Louisville
- C- Pathfinder School Of Innovation, Louisville
- Peace Academy, Louisville
- F Shelby Academy, Louisville
- D- St Joseph Childrens Home, Louisville
- F Stuart Academy, Louisville
- D- The Academy At Shawnee, Louisville
- The Brook Dupont, Louisville
- The Brook Kmi, Louisville
- F The Phoenix School Of Discovery, Louisville
- U Of L Pact Program, Louisville
- F Waller Williams Environmental, Louisville
- F Web Dubois Academy, Louisville
- D+ Western Day Treatment, Louisville
Where Jefferson County schools are
Cities and towns served (5)
- Louisville (154)
- Fairdale (4)
- Middletown (3)
- Jeffersontown (2)
- Prospect (1)
About this district
- State: Best schools in Kentucky
- County: Jefferson County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: large city (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 94,793 students with 6,224 full-time-equivalent teachers and 13,997 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 2102990
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Bullitt County (24 schools, 14 mi)
- Oldham County (18 schools, 19 mi)
- Spencer County (6 schools, 22 mi)
- Shelby County (13 schools, 26 mi)
- Bardstown Independent (6 schools, 27 mi)
- Nelson County (11 schools, 33 mi)
- Trimble County (3 schools, 34 mi)
- Henry County (6 schools, 35 mi)
Questions about Jefferson County
How many schools are in Jefferson County?
SchoolGrade grades 164 public schools in Jefferson County, across 5 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Jefferson County serve?
The largest by graded schools: Louisville, Fairdale, Middletown, Jeffersontown, Prospect.
How good are the schools in Jefferson County?
Across the 149 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is D, with 19.7% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 27%. 22% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Jefferson County?
94,793 students were enrolled in Jefferson County in the 2023-24 school year, about 15.2 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Jefferson County?
Jefferson County is in Kentucky, based in Jefferson County, with its district office in Louisville. Its boundary covers about 378 sq mi.