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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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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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
2014
Classroom Teachers
108

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Kentucky

10

(10 is best)

Better than 91.7% of all KY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

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

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
60%
40%
66%
45%
54%
34%
    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
16
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 523 26.0%
Grade 10 528 26.2%
Grade 11 468 23.2%
Grade 12 484 24.0%
Total 2014 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 57.3% 39.1% 76.7%
Black 28.1% 39.5% 11.5%
Hispanic 8.6% 15.9% 9.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.6% 5.2% 2.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.3% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 34.1% 59.5% 57.3%
Free lunch eligible 31.5% 56.4% 54.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.6% 3.1% 3.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 776,720 4,526,154
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,055.7 114
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.1% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.2% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.8% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.2% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 16.7% 17.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 326,371 1,791,991
Single Parent Households With Children 9.4% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.3% 88.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 36.0% 27.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.4% 13.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.8% 15.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.1% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.6% 17.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.4% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.9% 12.9%
$15,000 or less 9.6% 11.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,429 $802,686,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $910 $86,632,000 5.4%
Staff $1,441 $137,227,000 8.6%
General Administration $77 $7,335,000 0.5%
School Administration $1,226 $116,708,000 7.3%
Operation $1,134 $107,993,000 6.7%
Transportation $673 $64,059,000 4.0%
Other $525 $49,976,000 3.1%
Total Support $5,985 $569,930,000 35.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,422 $230,676,000 14.4%
Total Expenditures $16,836 $1,603,292,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,206 $4,756,220,000 51.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $653 $431,000,000 4.7%
Staff $636 $419,649,000 4.6%
General Administration $271 $178,736,000 1.9%
School Administration $732 $482,815,000 5.3%
Operation $986 $650,768,000 7.1%
Transportation $576 $380,254,000 4.1%
Other $356 $235,292,000 2.6%
Total Support $4,210 $2,778,514,000 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,506 $1,654,224,000 18.0%
Total Expenditures $13,922 $9,188,958,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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