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Ballard High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
6000 Brownsboro Road
Louisville, KY 40222
Phone
(502) 485-8206
District
JEFFERSON COUNTY
County
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2035
Classroom Teachers
104

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Kentucky

9

(10 is best)

Better than 89.7% of all KY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Ballard High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
53%
41%
55%
46%
51%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
15
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 538 26.4%
Grade 10 580 28.5%
Grade 11 476 23.4%
Grade 12 432 21.2%
Total 2035 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 56.6% 42.5% 78.1%
Black 31.0% 38.9% 11.3%
Hispanic 6.7% 13.4% 8.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.3% 4.9% 2.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.3% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 33.9% 56.5% 56.2%
Free lunch eligible 31.7% 54.2% 53.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.1% 2.3% 2.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 766,012 4,509,394
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,939.1 113
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.3% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.2% 19.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.7% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.8% 26.2%
65 OR OLDER 16.1% 16.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 315,608 1,748,475
Single Parent Households With Children 11.6% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.8% 87.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 33.8% 25.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.6% 10.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.1% 14.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.7% 12.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.7% 17.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.5% 18.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.6% 14.8%
$15,000 or less 10.9% 12.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,720 $756,065,920 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $699 $68,457,264 4.5%
Staff $1,378 $134,955,808 8.9%
General Administration $72 $7,051,392 0.5%
School Administration $1,158 $113,409,888 7.5%
Operation $1,080 $105,770,880 7.0%
Transportation $883 $86,477,488 5.7%
Other $452 $44,267,072 2.9%
Total Support $5,721 $560,291,856 37.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,963 $192,248,368 12.7%
Total Expenditures $15,403 $1,508,508,208 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,790 $4,473,393,050 51.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $580 $381,793,227 4.4%
Staff $610 $402,155,310 4.6%
General Administration $257 $169,387,456 1.9%
School Administration $697 $459,047,513 5.3%
Operation $971 $639,804,069 7.3%
Transportation $673 $443,313,756 5.1%
Other $305 $200,895,056 2.3%
Total Support $4,093 $2,696,354,828 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,381 $1,568,612,525 18.0%
Total Expenditures $13,264 $8,738,199,658 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%