Regular local school district · Jefferson County
Jefferson County Public Schools, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
Jefferson County Public Schools runs 172 public schools with 95,180 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.2 students per teacher is about the same as the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "Jefferson County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 172
- Students
- 95,180
- Teachers (FTE)
- 6,243
- Students per teacher
- 15.2
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 3332 Newburg Rd, Louisville, KY 40218
- Phone
- (502)485-3011
- County
- Jefferson County
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2102990
- State district ID
- KY-056275000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 14,356
- School counselors (FTE)
- 493.0About 193 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 692.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.2
Kentucky15.6
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (95,911), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $1.60 billion
- Federal revenue
- $208.6 million
- State revenue
- $602.4 million
- Local revenue
- $788.7 million
- Total spending
- $1.60 billion
- Spending per pupil
- $16,716
- Salaries
- $872.7 million54.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $476.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.0%
- State: 37.7%
- Local: 49.3%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,716
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in Jefferson County Public Schools
By level: 35 high, 24 middle, 92 elementary, 12 other, 7 prekindergarten, 2 ungraded. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| AckerlyCEP school | High | 5 to 12 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Ahrens Educational Resource Center | High | 12 | 38 | 7.6 |
| Alex R. Kennedy ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 369 | 15.4 |
| Atherton HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,466 | 18.3 |
| Atkinson AcademyCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 462 | 14.4 |
| Auburndale ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 596 | 15.3 |
| Audubon Traditional ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 610 | 20.3 |
| Ballard HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,148 | 19.2 |
| Barret Traditional MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 579 | 16.5 |
| Bates ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 585 | 16.2 |
| Bellewood | Elementary | K to 5 | 7 | 2.3 |
| Binet SchoolCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 22 | 1.4 |
| Blake ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 561 | 21.6 |
| Bloom ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 533 | 17.8 |
| Blue Lick ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 508 | 15.4 |
| Bowen ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 729 | 17.4 |
| Boys & Girls Haven | High | 6 to 12 | 20 | 6.7 |
| Brandeis ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 420 | 16.2 |
| Breckinridge Metropolitan HighCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 84 | 3.1 |
| Breckinridge-Franklin ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 399 | 12.5 |
| Brooklawn | High | 6 to 12 | 28 | 4.0 |
| Butler Traditional HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,290 | 16.5 |
| Byck ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 272 | 11.8 |
| Camp Taylor ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 367 | 11.5 |
| Cane Run ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 401 | 17.4 |
| Carrithers MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 545 | 14.3 |
| Carter Traditional ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 471 | 16.8 |
| Central High Magnet Career AcademyCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,256 | 15.5 |
| Chancey ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 510 | 13.4 |
| Chenoweth ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 569 | 17.2 |
| Churchill Park SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 74 | 2.6 |
| Cochran ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 419 | 12.7 |
| Cochrane ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 470 | 13.1 |
| Coleridge-Taylor Montessori ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 315 | 16.6 |
| Conway MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 678 | 19.4 |
| Coral Ridge ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 567 | 14.5 |
| Crosby MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 809 | 15.3 |
| Crums Lane ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 457 | 19.0 |
| Dawson Orman Education CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 149 | 13.5 |
| Dixie ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 370 | 14.2 |
| Doss HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,235 | 16.7 |
| Dr. J. Blaine Hudson Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 7 | 615 | 23.7 |
| Dr. William H. Perry Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 427 | 18.6 |
| Dunn ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 425 | 16.3 |
| duPont Manual HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,899 | 16.8 |
| DuValle Education CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 143 | 15.9 |
| Eastern HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,790 | 16.6 |
| Echo Trail Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 7 | 697 | 15.2 |
| Eisenhower ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 592 | 17.9 |
| Engelhard ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 265 | 12.6 |
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Nearby and related
Other districts in Jefferson County
- Anchorage Independent School District 392 students
- Kentucky School for the Blind District 63 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.