📍 9803 Blue Lick Road, Louisville, Jefferson County, 40229
Knight Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Louisville, Jefferson County. The school has 452 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jefferson County school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 7% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Knight Middle enrolls 452 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 27 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% White, 29% Black or African American and 21% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 183 | 40% |
| Black or African American | 129 | 29% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 97 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 6.2% |
| Asian | 12 | 2.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
287 of the school's 452 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 272 qualify for free lunch and 15 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Knight Middle 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 38, state house district 35.
Knight Middle 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 452 students, Knight Middle 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