Public schools in Louisville, Kentucky
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There are more than 145 public schools in Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...

, servicing nearly 100,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade (K–12) education. The primary public education provider is Jefferson County Public Schools
Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
Jefferson County Public Schools is a public school district located in Jefferson County, Kentucky and operating all but one of the public schools in the county...

 (JCPS); the City of Anchorage
Anchorage, Kentucky
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,264 people, 729 households, and 643 families residing in the city. The population density was 744.0 people per square mile . There were 750 housing units at an average density of 246.5 per square mile...

 operates the Anchorage Independent School District (AISD), including one school, Anchorage School, for K-8 education.

Schools are typically categorized as elementary, middle or high schools, though some exceptions exist. The Brown School offers education for all grades in one school. Moore Traditional School is a combined middle and high school (formerly two separate schools). The Anchorage School is the sole school of AISD, educating for grades K-8.

Elementary schools

Public elementary schools provide education through fifth grade (approx. age 11, depending on the student). Some elementary schools offer pre-kindergarten programs.
Picture School name Opening date Origin of name and other information
Atkinson Elementary School 1902 Joseph B. Atkinson, longtime city school board member
Auburndale Elementary School 1924 Located in Auburndale neighborhood
Audubon Traditional Elementary School 1954
John J. Audubon, painter and bird enthusiast
Bates Elementary School 1955 James H. Bates, longtime chairman of the Jefferson County Board of Education
home of Safety City (a miniaturized city with 'go-cart' automobiles designed to teach students safe habits)
Blake Elementary School 1970
Bloom Elementary School 1896 I.N. Bloom; physician, City of Louisville Board of Education member 1911–1922, and first Board president
Blue Lick Elementary School 1966 located on Blue Lick Road
Bowen Elementary School 1969 known as "the greatest school on earth"
Brandeis Elementary School 1913 Albert S. Brandeis
Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary School 1999 merger of John C. Breckinridge Elementary and Benjamin Franklin Elementary Schools in 2000
Byck Elementary School 1961 Dann Conrad Byck, member of the Louisville Board of Aldermen and member of the City of Louisville Board of Education 1955–1959
Camp Taylor Elementary School 1917 located in Camp Taylor neighborhood, site of Camp Zachary Taylor 1917–1921
Cane Run Elementary School 1832 located on Cane Run Road. The school was originally housed in a log cabin, and may have had as many of seven different buildings. Present building constructed in 1972.
Carter Traditional School 1918 Jessie R. Carter
Chancey Elementary School 2002 Malcom B. Chancey, local business leader who established the Jefferson County Public Education Foundation
Chenoweth Elementary School 1954 located near Chenoweth Lane
Cochran Elementary School 1900 Gavin H. Cochran
Cochrane Elementary School 1968 Garland S. Cochrane
Coleridge-Taylor Elementary School 1969 composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Coral Ridge Elementary School 1971 located in the Coral Ridge neighborhood
Crums Lane Elementary School 1962 located on Crums Lane
Dixie Elementary School 1960 located behind Valley Traditional High School, on Dixie Highway
Dunn Elementary School 1972
Eisenhower Elementary School 1972 U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower (and General over Allied Forces WWII)
Engelhard Elementary School 1919
Fairdale Elementary School 1913 located in Fairdale, Kentucky
Farmer Elementary School 2007 James E. Farmer, teacher, principal and deputy superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools until 1976.
Fern Creek Elementary School 1911 Located in the Fern Creek community. The earliest building directly related to the present school was constructed in 1911. There was first a log-cabin school was opened in area around 1792. That building, however, cannot be directly linked to the present-day school.
Field Elementary School 1915 Emmet Field
Foster Academy 1917 composer Stephen Foster ("My Old Kentucky Home")
Frayser Elementary School 1925 Nannie Lee Frayser
Gilmore Lane Elementary School 1955 located on Gilmore Lane
Goldsmith Elementary School 1955 located on Goldsmith Lane
Southeast Christian Church, now one of the largest Protestant churches in the U.S., held its first service at the school in July 1962, and met there until it purchased its first property in October of that year.
Greathouse/Shryock Traditional Elementary School 1980 Created with the merger of Greathouse Elementary (named for longtime teacher and principal Miss Tommie Greathouse) and Shryock Elementary (named for Gideon Shryock, architect)
Greenwood Elementary School 1957 located on Greenwood Road
Gutermuth Elementary School 1970 Leona Gutermuth
Hartstern Elementary School 1969 Fred J. Hartstern, chief architect of the old Louisville Board of Education. He later created his own firm which designed over 45 school buildings including Ballard and Moore High Schools.
Hawthorne Elementary School 1954 located in Hawthorne neighborhood
Hazelwood Elementary School 1951 located in Iroquois Homes/Hazelwood neighborhood
Hite Elementary School 1963 Jane Glass Hite (longtime educator)
Indian Trail Elementary School 1959 located on Indian Trail
Jacob Elementary School 1932 Richard Taylor Jacob
Jeffersontown Elementary School 1870s located in Jeffersontown community
Johnsontown Road Elementary School 1967 located on Johnsontown Road
Kennedy Montessori School 1964 U.S. President John F. Kennedy
Kenwood Elementary School 1955 located in Kenwood neighborhood
Kerrick Elementary School 1876 Charles H., George, and Harry Kerrick who donated land for the original school
King Elementary School 1969 civil rights activist, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Klondike Lane Elementary School 1971 located on Klondike Lane
Laukhuf Elementary School 1974 Louis H.C. & Emily Laukhuf (educators for 55½ years; 33½ years in Jefferson County)
Layne Elementary School 1969
Lincoln Elementary School 1966 U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
Lowe Elementary School 1974 John Lowe (retired principal from Lyndon Elementary and Waggener High School)
Luhr Elementary School 1966 Mattie B. Luhr
Maupin Elementary School 1985 Originally Parkland Elementary School, renamed for Milburn Taylor Maupin, first African-American central office administrator in the Louisville Public Schools. Served as interim superintendent January-June 1975 and retired as deputy superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools in 1978.
McFerran Preparatory Academy 1919 John B. McFerran, land company president who donated land for Jeffersontown Elementary
Medora Elementary School 1880s located in Medora neighborhood
Middletown Elementary School 1909 located in Middletown community
Mill Creek Elementary School bef. 1876 Earliest records place school's existence on/or before 1876. The current building was opened in 1970.
Minors Lane Elementary School 1968 located on Minors Lane
Norton Elementary School 1917 Jane M. Norton, former school board member and WAVE TV president
Okolona Elementary School 1924 located in Okolona neighborhood
Portland Elementary School 1853 located in Portland neighborhood
Price Elementary School 1969 Sarah Jacob Price, school's first principal
Rangeland Elementary School located on Rangeland Road
Roosevelt-Perry Elementary School 1979 Formed as result of merger between the Roosevelt School and Perry Elementary school in 1979. The original schools were for President Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Perry, Sr. (principal of the Western Colored School 1891–1927)respectively.
Rutherford Elementary School 1951 Sally B. Rutherford
St. Matthews Elementary School 1955 located in St. Matthews neighborhood, Browns Lane
Sanders Elementary School 1962
Schaffner Traditional School 1955 named after Henry B. Schaffner, member of the Kentucky Board of Education
Semple Elementary School 1932 Named for Ellen Churchill Semple in 1932, geographer and educator who was a member of a group of scholars advising President Woodrow Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 (to end WWI). This school has a reading and math average under the school district and state average. A LOT of people don't recommend to go to that school.
Shacklette Elementary School 1966
Shelby Elementary School before 1850 Isaac Shelby, Kentucky's first governor
The school was originally constructed by German immigrants. It was purchased by the Louisville Board of Education in 1868.
Slaughter Elementary School 1967 Horace B. Slaughter
Smyrna Elementary School 1961 located in Smyrna neighborhood
Stonestreet Elementary School 1958 Rosa Phillips Stonestreet, only female superintendent in the history of public education in Louisville's old City Board of Education.
Stopher Elementary School 2007 Joseph E. Stopher, attorney and president of Gheens Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting education projects.
Trunnell Elementary School 1967 Bertha Trunnell, long time educator in Jefferson County's south end. Trunnell's dedication ceremony took place on October 19, 1967. The school was built on farmland purchased from Clem Wiser. The Wiser family had farmed the land for 150 years (it was first settled by Charles Wiser in the 1800s).
Tully Elementary School 1978 Roberta B. Tully
Built on site of the original Jeffersontown Elementary.
Watson Lane Elementary School 1956 located on Watson Lane
Watterson Elementary School 1970 Henry Watterson, prominent Louisville newspaper editor and namesake of the Watterson Expressway
Wellington Elementary School 1968 Sara Belle Wellington
Wheatley Elementary School 1911 Phillis Wheatley, former slave and poet (first African American woman to publish a book of poetry)
Wheeler Elementary School 1969 Virginia Wheeler
Wilder Elementary School 1957 Ninde S. Wilder
Wilkerson Elementary School 1956 Sylvia Wilkerson
Wilt Elementary School 1967 Paxton Wilt
Young Elementary School 1971 Whitney Moore Young, Jr., social worker and civil rights leader, became executive director of the National Urban League in 1961 and the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969.
Zachary Taylor Elementary School 1959 U.S. President Zachary Taylor

Middle schools

Middle schools provide education for grades 6-8, typically ages 11–14.
Picture School name Opening date Origin of name and other information
Barret Traditional Middle School
Barret Traditional Middle School
Barret Traditional Middle School is a magnet middle school in the Crescent Hill community of Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It is located within the Jefferson County Public Schools district. It contains grades 6-8 and holds about 600 students. It has a distinguished band, orchestra, and...

1932 Alex G. Barret, Louisville Board of Education member (president in 1918) and Jefferson Circuit Court Judge
Carrithers Middle School 1973 Virginia P. Carrithers
Conway Middle School 1972 Aubrey Conway, Jefferson County Board of Education member and community advocate
Crosby Middle School 1974 The only middle school in Kentucky with a piano laboratory/class elective.
Farnsley Middle School
Farnsley Middle School
Farnsley Middle School is a school in Louisville, Kentucky, just southwest of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. It is ranked number one in the county and it is primarily focused on math, science, and technology. It has an afterschool technology program that lets the students experiment with and...

1998 School was built on historic land owned by David Farnsley (longtime mayor of Louisville).
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North 1928 Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted was an American journalist, social critic, public administrator, and landscape designer. He is popularly considered to be the father of American landscape architecture, although many scholars have bestowed that title upon Andrew Jackson Downing...

, landscape architect who designed Louisville's major urban parks and system of urban parkways.
Originally Southern Middle School, from its location in southern Jefferson County. Later renamed Southern Leadership Academy to reflect revised class organization of single-sex classes. Now an all-boys school.
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South 1956 Frederick Law Olmsted
This facility was formerly Rubado Elementary School, Gottschalk Junior High School, and later Iroquois Middle School. Now an all-girls school.
Frost Middle School 1966 Robert Frost, poet
Highland Middle School
Highland Middle School (Louisville, Kentucky)
Highland Middle School is a free public middle school, with grades 6-8, in the Highlands section of Louisville, Kentucky, for which it is named. It is in the Deer Park neighborhood and adjacent to Bellarmine University...

1928 located in the Highlands
The Highlands (Louisville)
The Highlands is an area of Louisville, Kentucky which contains a high density of nightclubs, eclectic businesses, and many upscale and fast food restaurants. It is centered along a three-mile stretch of Bardstown Road and Baxter Avenue and is so named because it sits atop a ridge between the...

 neighborhood
Jefferson County Traditional Middle School 1976 third site of the first traditional middle school program in Jefferson County/located in the former Woerner Alternative Middle School building/previously J.M. Atherton High School for Girls (school of integrity)
Thomas Jefferson Middle School 1981 Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States/previously Thomas Jefferson High School 1964–1981.
Johnson Traditional Middle School 1930, 1981 Originally named Parkland Junior High School; renamed in 1981 in honor of Lyman Tefft Johnson, a civil rights leader, teacher at Central High School for 33 years, and former assistant principal at Parkland Junior High School. He was the principal plaintiff in the federal court case regarding the desegregation of schools in Jefferson County. Served as Board Member 1978–1982.
Kammerer Middle School 1972 Margaret Kammerer, former music educator in the Jefferson County Public School system
Kennedy Metro Middle School 1996 Alex R. Kennedy, previously Alex R. Kennedy Elementary School
Knight Middle School 1973 Theron Turner Knight, a 42-year Jefferson County educator
Lassiter Middle School 1973 O.M. Lassiter
Meyzeek Middle School
Meyzeek Middle School
Albert E. Meyzeek Middle School is a free public middle school, with grades 6-8, in the Smoketown neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, just southeast of Downtown Louisville. Meyzeek is part of the Jefferson County Public Schools, one of the largest school districts in Kentucky...

1967,
1977
Originally named Jackson Junior High, renamed in honor of Albert Ernest Meyzeek, civil rights activist and educator who served as the school's principal for a number of years. Was one of the founders of the Louisville Urban League, which he chaired for 29 years. He also served on the state Board of Education 1948–1956.
Myers Middle School 1972 Mary P. Myers
Newburg Middle School located in the Newburg neighborhood
Noe Middle School 1974 Samuel V. Noe, former Superintendent of the old Louisville Public School District
Stuart Middle School 1980 Jesse Stuart, distinguished Kentucky poet and novelist (The school was previously Stuart High School.)
Western Middle School
Western Middle School
Western Middle School is located at 2201 W. Main Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Western was established in the late 1920s. Construction began in 1926. The first class to graduate from the current building was the class of 1928. Western has a rich history in the Portland neighorhood. The...

1929 located in Western Louisville
Westport Traditional Middle School and Fine Arts Academy 1961 located on Westport Road (previously Westport High School)

High schools

High school begins at grade 9 (approx. age 14), running through grade 12 (approx. age 18).
Picture School name Opening date Origin of name and other information
Atherton High School
Atherton High School
Atherton High School is a public school in the Highlands district of Louisville, Kentucky and is part of the Jefferson County Public School district. It opened in 1923 as J.M. Atherton High School for Girls...

1923 J.M. Atherton High School for Girls (at a different location) was named after John McDougal Atherton, a local businessman and politician. He was instrumental in changing Louisville's school system administration from trustees to a Board of Education members.
Ballard High School
Ballard High School (Louisville)
Ballard High School is a senior high school in the eastern suburbs of Louisville, Kentucky. The school opened in the fall of 1968. The first students were in grades 7-9, and a grade was added each year as the building was expanded. This kept the school system from having to transfer upper class...

1968 The high school is named for Bland W. Ballard, 1761–1853, after whom Ballard County
Ballard County, Kentucky
Ballard County is a county located in west of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was created by the Kentucky State Legislature in 1842, and is named for Captain Bland Ballard, a soldier, statesman, and member of the Kentucky General Assembly. He was one of the few Kentucky volunteers to survive the...

 in the state's far-west Purchase area
Jackson Purchase
The Jackson Purchase is a region in the state of Kentucky bounded by the Mississippi River to the west, the Ohio River to the north, and Tennessee River to the east. Although technically part of Kentucky at its statehood in 1792, the land did not come under definitive U.S. control until 1818, when...

 is also named.
Breckinridge Metropolitan High School 2001 previous site of John C. Breckinridge Elementary School
The school has a structured learning environment for students with disciplinary problems and those placed by court order.
Buechel Metropolitan High School 1983 located at the former Bashford Manor Middle School site in the Buechel neighborhood
The school offers a structured learning environment for students with disciplinary issues.
Butler Traditional High School
Butler Traditional High School
----Butler is a High School in Louisville, Kentucky which follows the traditional school program.-History:Suda E. Butler High School, opened in 1954. It was chosen in 1988 as the second high school in Jefferson County to offer the Traditional Program. In this program the standards of patriotism,...

1954 Suda E. Butler
Central High School 1882 This school was originally called Central Colored High School. It was Louisville's first African American high school.
Doss High School MCA
Doss High School
Doss High School is a secondary school located in Louisville, Kentucky.-Location:Harry Doss High School is located in the southwestern part of Jefferson County, Kentucky.-Initial Naming:...

1967 Harry Doss
DuPont Manual High School 1892 The school was originally called duPont Manual Training High School, named for Alfred Victor duPont, a local entrepreneur. The main building housed Louisville Girls' High until it merged into Manual in 1950.
Eastern High School 1950 Located in the Middletown
Middletown, Kentucky
The median income for a household in the city was $53,608, and the median income for a family was $61,667. Males had a median income of $45,417 versus $33,135 for females. The per capita income for the city was $26,660...

 community in eastern Jefferson County
Fairdale High School MCA
Fairdale High School
Fairdale High School is a part of the Jefferson County Public Schools system in the United States. Approximately 950-1,000 students are enrolled. It is one of the District's Magnet Career Schools for Public Safety Technology...

1958 Located in the Fairdale community, southern Jefferson County
Fern Creek Traditional High School
Fern Creek High School
Fern Creek Traditional High School is a Communications, JROTC, Media and the Arts magnet school located on 9115 Fern Creek Road in Louisville, Kentucky and is part of Jefferson County Public Schools. It was founded in 1923 as the first high school in the Jefferson County School System. Today, it...

1923 located in the Fern Creek neighborhood
Iroquois High School MCA located in the Iroquois
Iroquois, Louisville
Iroquois is a neighborhood on the south side of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. It is split into two parts by Beechmont. The neighborhood is roughly bounded by Hazelwood Avenue, Beechmont, Third Street, Kenwood Drive, and Iroquois Park. The largely residential neighborhood was developed as a suburb...

 neighborhood near Iroquois Park
Jeffersontown High School MCA 1925, 1966 Located in the Jeffersontown
Jeffersontown, Kentucky
Jeffersontown is a city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. Before Louisville and Jefferson County were consolidated in 2003, it was the county's largest city outside of Louisville. The population was 26,633 at the 2000 census.- History :...

 community
A fire, in the 1940s, heavily damaged the gym and cafeteria. This fire plus the opening of Eastern High School in 1950 caused the high school to be closed. The original building (located on same lot as present-day Tully Elementary) was used as an elementary school until it was demolished in 1975. The school was re-established at its present location in 1966 following petition by residents of Jeffersontown.
Jefferson County High School 1986 The school was established in 1986 as an open-entry/open-exit program, allowing students to obtain a diploma through flexible scheduling. The school also operates JCPS's Independent Study Program.
Liberty High School 1997 The school opened in 1997 at the site of now closed Bruce Middle School. It serves as a non-traditional program for students needing an alternative educational environment, especially those who have encountered academic difficulties.
Louisville Male High School
Louisville Male High School
Louisville Male Traditional High School is a public secondary school serving students in grades 9 through 12 in the southside of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. It is part of the Jefferson County Public School District....

1856 The school originally accepted boys only as students (there was a Louisville Female High School for the ladies, which became Louisville Girls High School in 1911 and merged into duPont Manual in 1950). In 1952, when Male went coeducational, the name changed to Louisville Male and Girls High School, but was reverted to Male High School due to protests by faculty, alumni and students of both genders. It moved from the downtown location in 1991 to the site of the old Durrett High School campus.
Pleasure Ridge Park High School
Pleasure Ridge Park High School
Pleasure Ridge Park High School is a High School located at 5901 Greenwood Road in the Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Jefferson County Public Schools district...

 MCA
1952 Located in the Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood
Seneca High School MCA
Seneca High School MCA
Seneca High School MCA is a Louisville, Kentucky, USA, public school. It is located at 3510 Goldsmith Lane, Louisville, KY 40220, in the Hikes Point neighborhood and is part of Jefferson County Public Schools.- Academics :...

1957
Shawnee High School MCA
Shawnee High School (Kentucky)
Shawnee High School , is a high school in the Jefferson County Public School District in Louisville, Kentucky. The school building was constructed in 1927 and is on the National Register of Historic Places . The school itself had a listed enrollment of 717 students for the 2006-7 school year. Dr...

1928 Located in the Shawnee
Shawnee, Louisville
Shawnee is a neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky. Its boundaries are I-264, West Broadway and Northwestern Parkway . Maps sometimes identify the area as Shawneeland....

 neighborhood
Southern High School
Southern High School (Kentucky)
Southern High School Magnet Career Academy was built in 1951, and the first graduating class was in 1952. Its mission is to prepare students to be "productive members of a technologically advanced society."...

1951 Llocated in southern Jefferson County, 8620 Preston Highway, Louisville, KY 40219
Valley Traditional High School 1937 Located in the Valley Station area
Waggener Traditional High School 1954 Mayme S. Waggener, principal of the old Greathouse Elementary School 1918–1946 in St. Matthews
St. Matthews, Kentucky
St. Matthews is the 20th largest city in Kentucky, United States and is a prominent suburb of Louisville. It is located 8 miles east of downtown Louisville in Jefferson County. It is one of the state's major shopping areas, being home to second and fifth largest malls in Kentucky St. Matthews is...

Western MST Magnet High School 1961 Located in western Jefferson County.
Youth Performing Arts School
Youth Performing Arts School
The Youth Performing Arts School is a performing arts school in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, that concentrates on various music, theatre and dance disciplines for high school students. Students who attend have a two-hour block of arts studies, with the balance of their classes at duPont Manual High...

1977 The school offers extensive instruction in performing arts, providing academic classes through duPont Manual High School.

Other/Combined

School name Opening date Origin of name and other information
Anchorage School operated by the Anchorage Independent School District, offers an K-8 education (including special needs classes)
The Brown School
The Brown School
The J. Graham Brown School, or The Brown School as it's usually called, is a small public school located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, USA. It has approximately 700 students in kindergarten through 12th grade, and attracts students from all over Louisville. It is a part of the Jefferson...

1972 offers K–12 education
named after James Graham Brown, a local real estate developer, horse breeder, distiller, and philanthropist
Moore Traditional School
Moore Traditional High School
Moore Traditional School is a middle school and high school located at 6415 Outer Loop in Louisville, Kentucky.The students at Moore moved into their beautiful new building in January, 1969. This building, which is the largest of all high schools in Jefferson County, Kentucky, was notable for a...

1969 Marion C. Moore, an educator Jefferson County Public Schools and administrator at Fern Creek High School 1926–1967
Moore Traditional Middle School added in 1999/presently operates as a combined school with a single principal
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