Public schools in Louisville, Kentucky

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There are more than 145 public schools in Louisville, Kentucky, servicing nearly 100,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) education. The primary public education provider is Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS); the City of Anchorage 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.

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[edit] 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 Joseph B. Atkinson, longtime city school board member.
Auburndale Elementary School Located in Auburndale neighborhood.
Audubon Traditional Elementary School John J. Audubon, painter and bird enthusiast.
Bates Elementary School James H. Bates, longtime chairman of the Jefferson County Board of Education

Bates is the home of Safety City, an initiative to each students safe habits using a miniaturized city with go-carts for automobiles.
Blake Elementary School
Bloom Elementary School 1896 I.N. Bloom; physician, city Board of Education member 1911-1922 and first Board president.
Blue Lick Elementary School Located on Blue Lick Road.
Bowen Elementary School
Brandeis Elementary School Albert S. Brandeis
Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary School Merger of Breckinridge and Franklin Elementary Schools in 2000.
Byck Elementary School Dann Conrad Byck, member of the Louisville Board of Aldermen and member of the city board of education 1955-1959.
Camp Taylor Elementary School Located in Camp Taylor neighborhood, site of Camp Zachary Taylor 1917-1921.
Cane Run Elementary School 1832[1] 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 Located near Chenoweth Lane.
Cochran Elementary School 1900 Gavin H. Cochran
Cochrane Elementary School 1968 Garland S. Cochrane
Coleridge-Taylor Elementary School 1969[2] Composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
Coral Ridge Elementary School Located in the Coral Ridge neighborhood.
Crums Lane Elementary School Located on Crums Lane.
Dixie Elementary School Located behind Valley Traditional High School, which is on Dixie Highway.
Dunn Elementary School
Eisenhower Elementary School Dwight Eisenhower, U.S. President and general.
Engelhard Elementary School
Fairdale Elementary School Located in Fairdale.
Farmer Elementary School 2007 James E. Farmer[3], teacher, principal and deputy superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools until 1976[4].
Fern Creek Elementary School 1911[1] Located in Fern Creek. The earliest building directly related to the present school was constructed in 1911, though a log-cabin school was opened in 1792 in the area. This building, however, cannot be directly linked to the present-day school.
Field Elementary School Emmet Field
Foster Academy Stephen Foster, Kentucky composer.
Frayser Elementary School Nannie Lee Frayser
Gilmore Lane Elementary School Located on Gilmore Lane.
Goldsmith Elementary School Located on Goldsmith Lane.
Greathouse/Shryock Traditional Elementary School Merger of Greathouse Elementary (named for longtime teacher and principal Miss Tommie Greathouse) and Shryock Elementary (named for architect Gideon Shryock).
Greenwood Elementary School 1957[5] Located on Greenwood Road.
Gutermuth Elementary School Leona Gutermuth
Hartstern Elementary School Fred J. Hartstern, chief architect of the old Louisville Board of Education who later created his own firm which designed over 45 school buildings including Ballard and Moore High Schools.
Hawthorne Elementary School Located in Hawthorne neighborhood.
Hazelwood Elementary School 1951[6] Located in Hazelwood neighborhood.
Hite Elementary School Jane Glass Hite
Indian Trail Elementary School Located on Indian Trail.
Jacob Elementary School
Jeffersontown Elementary School Located in Jeffersontown.
Johnsontown Road Elementary School 1967[7] Located on Johnsontown Road.
Kennedy Montessori School U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
Kenwood Elementary School Located in Kenwood neighborhood.
Kerrick Elementary School C.H., George, and Harry Kerrick who donated land for original school.
King Elementary School Civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr..
Klondike Lane Elementary School Located on Klondike Lane.
Laukhuf Elementary School
Layne Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
Lowe Elementary School
Luhr Elementary School Mattie B. Luhr
Maupin Elementary School 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 John B. McFerran, land company president who donated land for Jeffersontown Elementary.
Medora Elementary School Located in Medora neighborhood.
Middletown Elementary School Located in Middletown.
Mill Creek Elementary School bef. 1876[1] Earliest records place schools existence on or before 1876. The current building was opened in 1970.
Minors Lane Elementary School Located on Minors Lane.
Norton Elementary School Former school board member and WAVE Television president Jane M. Norton.
Okolona Elementary School Located in Okolona neighborhood.
Portland Elementary School 1853[8] Located in Portland neighborhood.
Price Elementary School 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. Named for President Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Perry, Sr., principal of the Western Colored School 1891-1927.
Rutherford Elementary School 1951 Named after Sally B. Rutherford.
St. Matthews Elementary School Located in St. Matthews neighborhood.
Sanders Elementary School
Schaffner Traditional School Named after Henry B. Schaffner, member of the Kentucky Board of Education for a time.
Semple Elementary School 1932? Named for Ellen Churchill Semple in 1932, geographer and educator who was a member of a group of scholars advising Woodrow Wilson for the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. 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
Shelby Elementary School bef. 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 Horace B. Slaughter
Smyrna Elementary School Located in Smyrna neighborhood.
Stonestreet Elementary School Rosa Phillips Stonestreet, only female superintendent in the history of public education in Louisville, Kentucky.
Stopher Elementary School 2007 Joseph E. Stopher[3], attorney and president of Gheens Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting education projects[9].
Zachary Taylor Elementary School U.S. President Zachary Taylor.
Trunnell Elementary School
Tully Elementary School 1978 Roberta B. Tully. Built on site of the original Jeffersontown Elementary.
Watson Lane Elementary School Located on Watson Lane.
Watterson Elementary School Henry Watterson, prominent Louisville newspaper editor, for whom the Watterson Expressway is also named.
Wellington Elementary School Sara Belle Wellington
Wheatley Elementary School Phillis Wheatley, Former slave, first African American woman to publish a book of poetry.
Wheeler Elementary School Virginia Wheeler
Wilder Elementary School Ninde S. Wilder
Wilkerson Elementary School Sylvia Wilkerson
Wilt Elementary School Paxton Wilt
Young Elementary School 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 Medal of Freedom in 1969.

[edit] 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 1932 Alex G. Barret, Louisville Board of Education member (president in 1918) and Jefferson Circuit Court Judge.
Carrithers Middle School
Conway Middle School 1972 Aubrey Conway, Jefferson County Board of Education member and community advocate.
Crosby Middle School 1974[10] Only middle school in Kentucky with Piano Laboratory and piano class as an elective.
Farnsley Middle School 1998 School built on historic land of David Farnsley.
Frost Middle School 1966[11] Robert Frost
Highland Middle School 1928 Located in Highlands neighborhood.
Iroquois Middle School Located in Iroquois neighborhood. Now an all- girls school, and renamed as Fredrick Law Olmsted Academy South.
Jefferson County Traditional Middle School Third site of the first Traditional Program middle school in Jefferson County, located in the building of the former Woerner Alternative Middle School which had previously been the J.M. Atherton High School for Girls.
Thomas Jefferson Middle School Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States.
Johnson Traditional Middle School 1930, 1981[12] Originally named Parkland Junior High School; renamed in 1981 in honor of Lyman Tefft Johnson, a civil rights leader and educator, 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
Kennedy Metro Middle School Alex R. Kennedy, previously Alex R. Kennedy Elementary School.
Knight Middle School Named for Theron Turner Knight, a 42-year Jefferson County educator.[13]
Lassiter Middle School O.M. Lassiter
Meyzeek Middle School 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. Served on the state Board of Education 1948-1956.
Myers Middle School Mary P. Myers
Newburg Middle School Located in Newburg neighborhood.
Noe Middle School 1974 Samuel V. Noe, former superintendent of the old Louisville Public School District.
Southern Leadership Academy 1928 Located in Southern Louisville. Renamed from Southern Middle School to Southern Leadership Academy to reflect revised class organization of single-gender classes. Now reconized as an all- boys school, renamed as Fredrick Law Olmsted Academy North.
Stuart Middle School 1980 Jesse Stuart, distinguished Kentucky poet and novelist. Previously Stuart High School.
Western Middle School 1929[14] Located in Western Louisville.
Westport Traditional Middle School and Fine Arts Academy 1961[15] Located on Westport Road. Previously Westport High School.

[edit] 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 1923 J.M. Atherton High School for Girls (at different location). Named after John McDougal Atherton, a local businessman and politician instrumental in changing Louisville's school system administration from trustees to a board of education.[16]
Ballard High School 1968
Breckinridge Metropolitan High School Previous site of Breckinridge Elementary School, structured learning environment for students with disciplinary problems and those ordered by court to attend.
Buechel Metropolitan High School Located at the former Bashford Manor Middle School in the Buechel neighborhood, structured learning environment for students with disciplinary issues.
Butler Traditional High School 1954 Suda E. Butler
Central High School MCA 1882 Originally called the Central Colored High School, Louisville's first African-American high school.
Doss High School MCA Harry Doss
DuPont Manual High School 1892 Originally called duPont Manual Training High School, named for Alfred Victor duPont, a local entrepreneur.
Eastern High School 1950 Located in Eastern Jefferson County.
Fairdale High School MCA Located in Fairdale.
Fern Creek Traditional High School 1923[17] Located in the Fern Creek neighborhood.
Iroquois High School MCA Located in the Iroquois neighborhood near Iroquois Park. This facility was formerly Gottschalk Junior High School [18]
Jeffersontown High School MCA 1925, 1966 Located in Jeffersontown. A fire in the 1940s that heavily damaged the gym and cafeteria, 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. Re-established at present location in 1966 following petition by residents of Jeffersontown.
Jefferson County High School 1986 Established in 1986 as an open-entry/open-exit program, allowing students to obtain a diploma through flexible scheduling. Also operates JCPS's Independent Study office.
Liberty High School 1997 Opened in 1997 at the site of now-closed Bruce Middle School, serving as a non-traditional program for students needing an alternative educational environment, especially those who have encountered academic difficulties.
Louisville Male High School 1856 Originally only accepted boys as students (there was a Louisville Female High School). In 1952, when the schools merged, name was changed to Louisville Male and Girls High School, but was reverted due to protests by faculty, alumni and students of both genders.
Pleasure Ridge Park High School MCA 1952 Located in the Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood.
Seneca High School MCA 1957
Shawnee High School MCA 1928[19] Located in the Shawnee neighborhood.
Southern High School MCA 1951[20] Located in Southern Jefferson County.
Valley Traditional High School 1937 Located in Valley Station.
Waggener Traditional High School 1954 Mayme S. Waggener, principal of Greathouse Elementary School 1918-1946.
Western MST Magnet High School 1961[21] Located in Western Jefferson County.
Youth Performing Arts School 1977 Established in 1977, offers extensive instruction in performing arts, providing academic classes through duPont Manual High School.

[edit] Other/Combined

School name Opening date Origin of name and other information
The Anchorage School Operated by the Anchorage Independent School District and offering K-8 education.
The Brown School 1972 Offers K-12 education

Named after James Graham Brown, a local real estate developer, horse breeder and philanthropist.
Moore Traditional School 1969 Marion C. Moore, an educator in Jefferson County and teacher and administrator at Fern Creek High School 1926-1967.

Moore Traditional Middle School added in 1999. Now operates officially as a combined school with a single principal.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c JCPS - In Search of Schoolhouses
  2. ^ Building dedication plaque
  3. ^ a b Jefferson County Board of Education Index of Minutes - November 13, 2006
  4. ^ Farmer Elementary School - About James E. Farmer
  5. ^ Greenwood Elementary School, School Report Card, 2004-2005
  6. ^ Dedication plaque for school reads "ERECTED 1950-51" - presumably, school opened following school year, 1951
  7. ^ Johnsontown Road Elementary School, School Report Card, 2004-2005
  8. ^ Probable date based on caption at JCPS Library & Media Services page
  9. ^ Stopher Elementary - About Joseph E. Stopher
  10. ^ 30th anniversary commemorative plaque/picture in main office
  11. ^ Robert Frost Middle School, School Report Card 2004-2005
  12. ^ Johnson Traditional Middle School, School Report Card 2004-2005
  13. ^ Knight Middle School, School Report Card, 2004-2005
  14. ^ Western Middle School, School Report Card, 2004-2005
  15. ^ Westport Middle School, School Report Card, 2004-2005
  16. ^ Kleber, John E., et al. (editor) (2000). The Encyclopedia of Louisville. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2100-0. 
  17. ^ FCTHS -- School History
  18. ^ Searching the Scriptures, Volume 2, page 74. The address listed for Gottschalk Junior High School is the same as that of present-day Iroquois High School.
  19. ^ Based on date of December 20, 1927 on dedication plaque
  20. ^ Southern High School MCA School Report Card, 2004-2005
  21. ^ Western MST High School - About Western
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