📍 3800 Gibson Lane, Louisville, Jefferson County, 40211
Kennedy Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Louisville, Jefferson County. The school has 429 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jefferson County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kennedy Elementary enrolls 429 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% Black or African American, 10% Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 358 | 83% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 43 | 10% |
| White | 22 | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
330 of the school's 429 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 310 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.
Kennedy 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 33, state house district 42.
Kennedy 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 429 students, Kennedy 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