📍 1401 South 41st Street, Louisville, Jefferson County, 40211
Foster Traditional Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Louisville, Jefferson County. The school has 578 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jefferson County school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.4:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Foster Traditional Academy enrolls 578 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% Black or African American, 4.7% Two or more races and 4.2% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 518 | 90% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 4.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 24 | 4.2% |
| White | 8 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
488 of the school's 578 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 471 qualify for free lunch and 17 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Foster Traditional Academy 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 33, state house district 42.
Foster Traditional Academy 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 578 students, Foster Traditional Academy 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
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