📍 7606 Preston Highway, Louisville, Jefferson County, 40219
Okolona Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Louisville, Jefferson County. The school has 354 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jefferson County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Okolona Elementary enrolls 354 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 32% Hispanic or Latino, 31% Black or African American and 27% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 114 | 32% |
| Black or African American | 108 | 31% |
| White | 95 | 27% |
| Two or more races | 32 | 9% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
263 of the school's 354 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 242 qualify for free lunch and 21 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Okolona 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 37, state house district 35.
Okolona 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 354 students, Okolona Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 567 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large