📍 3801 Bonaventure Blvd, Louisville, Jefferson County, 40219
Blake Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Louisville, Jefferson County. The school has 529 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jefferson County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Blake Elementary enrolls 529 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 35% Hispanic or Latino, 31% White and 26% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 183 | 35% |
| White | 165 | 31% |
| Black or African American | 135 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 7% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
397 of the school's 529 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 377 qualify for free lunch and 20 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Blake 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 35, state house district 35.
Blake 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 529 students, Blake Elementary is close to the district average of about 567 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large