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Jefferson County Public Schools

  • Schools
    166
  • Students
    98,361
  • Teachers
    6,156

Jefferson County Public Schools is a public school district in Kentucky. They serve 98,361 students across 166 schools, and its teachers have had 6,134 projects funded on DonorsChoose.

  • Contact Jefferson County Public Schools Contact data is sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) annual survey process, so apologies if it's out of date!

  • (502) 485-3011
  • PO Box 34020
  • Louisville, KY-4020

Jefferson County Public Schools Demographics

85%
of students receive free or reduced price lunch We receive data about students' economic need from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) based on the Free or Reduced Price Lunch scale. Learn more.
Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
50%
of students are Black, Latino, Native American, or Asian Numbers may not add up to 100 due to NCES survey limitations.

Schools in districts that mainly serve students of color receive substantially less state and local support than similar districts that serve primarily White students. Learn more about this gap, why it exists, and how you can help close it.

Jefferson County Public Schools Funding Data from the NCES School District Finance Survey

Jefferson County Public Schools had a total revenue of $1.5 billion in the 2016-17 school year. 48.1% came from local sources, 41.3% from state sources, and 10.6% from federal sources.

Jefferson County Public Schools had a per-pupil revenue of $14,910 per pupil in the 2016-17 school year. 48.1% came from local sources, 41.3% from state sources, and 10.6% from federal sources.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

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Jefferson County Public Schools Support on DonorsChoose Last updated Dec 11, 2023

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Jefferson County Public Schools

$3.5 million
raised using DonorsChoose
6,134
projects funded
2,007
teachers funded
18,250
donors
325
projects for basic supplies
915
projects for technology
989
projects for books
207
projects for art supplies

Jefferson County Public Schools has received support from 11,256 individuals from Kentucky and 6,994 individuals out-of-state.

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Jefferson County Public Schools Schools

Albert S Brandeis Elementary School Alex R Kennedy Elementary School Alfred Binet School Atherton High School Atkinson Academy Auburndale Elementary School Audubon Traditional Elementary School Ballard High School Barret Traditional Middle School Bates Elementary School Uspiritus - Bellewood School Blake Elementary School Bloom Elementary School Blue Lick Elementary School Bowen Elementary School Breckinridge - Franklin Elementary School Breckinridge Metropolitan High School Brooklawn School J Graham Brown School Minor Daniels Academy Butler Traditional High School Byck Elementary School Camp Taylor Elementary School Cane Run Elementary School Carrithers Middle School Carter Traditional Elementary School Center at Riverport Central High School Magnet Career Academy Chenoweth Elementary School Churchill Park School Cochran Elementary School Cochrane Elementary School Coleridge - Taylor Montessori Elementary School Conway Middle School Coral Ridge Elementary School Crosby Middle School Crums Lane Elementary School Dawson Orman Education Center Detrick/McFerran Early Childhood Center Dixie Elementary School Doss High School Dunn Elementary School DuPont Manual High School Duvalle Education Center Eastern High School Echo Trail Middle School Eisenhower Elementary School Engelhard Elementary School Newcomer Academy Fairdale Elementary School Fairdale High School Farmer Elementary School Farnsley Middle School Fern Creek Elementary School Fern Creek High School Field Elementary School Foster Traditional Academy Frayser Elementary School George Unseld Early Childhood Learning Center George Unseld Early Childhood Goldsmith Elementary School Grace James Academy Excellence Greathouse - Shryock Trad Elementary School Greenwood Elementary School Gutermuth Elementary School Home of the Innocents - Weinberg Hartstern Elementary School Hawthorne Elementary School Hazelwood Elementary School Highland Middle School Hite Elementary School Home of the Innocents Indian Trail Elementary School Iroquois High School J.F. Kennedy Montessori Elementary School Jacob Elementary School Pathfinder School of Innovation Jefferson County Traditional Middle School Jeffersontown Elementary School Jeffersontown High School John L Ramsey Middle School Johnson Traditional Middle School Johnsontown Road Elementary School Kammerer Middle School Kenwood Elementary School Kerrick Elementary School King Elementary School Klondike Lane Elementary School Knight Middle School Lassiter Middle School Laukhuf Elementary School Layne Elementary School Liberty High School Lincoln Elementary Perf Arts School Louisville Day Treatment Center Louisville Male High School Lowe Elementary School Luhr Elementary School Malcolm B Chancey Elementary School Mary Ryan Academy Maryhurst School McFerran Preparatory Academy Medora Elementary School Meyzeek Middle School Middletown Elementary School Maupin Elementary School Mill Creek Elementary School Minors Lane Elementary School Marion C Moore School Newburg Middle School Noe Middle School Norton Commons Elementary School Norton Elementary School Okolona Elementary School Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South Peace Academy The Phoenix School of Discovery Pleasure Ridge Park High School Portland Elementary School Price Elementary School Rangeland Elementary School Robert Frost Sixth Grade Academy Rutherford Elementary School Sanders Elementary School Schaffner Traditional Elementary School Semple Elementary School Seneca High School Shacklette Elementary School The Academy at Shawnee Shelby Traditional Academy Slaughter Elementary School Smyrna Elementary School Georgia Chaffee Tapp Southern High School St Matthews Elementary School Stonestreet Elementary School Stopher Elementary School Stuart Academy Brook - DuPont School Brook Kmi School Thomas Jefferson Middle School Trunnell Elementary School Tully Elementary School Uspiritus - Brooklawn School Valley High School Waggener High School Waller - Williams Environ School Watson Lane Elementary School Watterson Elementary School W.E.B. DuBois Academy Wellington Elementary School Western Day Treatment Program Western High School Western Middle School Westport Early Childhood Center Westport Middle School Dr. William H. Perry Elementary School Wheeler Elementary School Wilder Elementary School Wilkerson Traditional Elementary School William H. Perry Elementary School Wilt Elementary School Young Elementary School Youth Performing Arts School @ duPont Manual High School Zachary Taylor Elementary School
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