📍 8815 Ferndale Rd, Louisville, Jefferson County, 40291
Fern Creek Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Louisville, Jefferson County. The school has 712 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jefferson County school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 43.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 11% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Fern Creek Elementary enrolls 712 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 43.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 32% Black or African American, 29% White and 22% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 230 | 32% |
| White | 208 | 29% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 155 | 22% |
| Asian | 68 | 9.6% |
| Two or more races | 47 | 6.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
473 of the school's 712 students (66%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 450 qualify for free lunch and 23 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Fern Creek Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KY-30, state senate district 19, state house district 46.
Fern Creek Elementary is one of 168 schools in Jefferson County, based in Louisville, Kentucky. The district serves 95,180 students district-wide and employs 6,052 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 712 students, Fern Creek Elementary is larger than the district average of about 567 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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