Schools in Douglass Hills · Jefferson County School District

Douglass Hills’s public schools score below 90% of Kentucky districts on tests and graduation

On the state math tests, 27% of Douglass Hills’s students scored proficient, below the Kentucky average (38%). The grade covers the public school district serving Douglass Hills, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Kentucky, not nationally.

#125of 139 Kentucky townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Kentucky state tests taken in spring 2022, when 96% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency

35%

▼ 10 pts vs KY 45%

2021–22

Math proficiency

27%

▼ 11 pts vs KY 38%

2021–22

Graduate on time

87%

▼ 4 pts vs KY 91%

class of 2023

Spent per student

$18.7K

▲ 27% vs KY $14.8K

FY2024

Students per teacher

15.2

KY 15.4

Schools in town

73,396 students on the public path

In brief

Douglass Hills’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 140 Kentucky towns with household incomes within a quarter of Douglass Hills’s, its schools beat 1%, lower than their 10% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 35% of tested students were proficient in reading and 27% in math, against 45% and 38% statewide; 96% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

87% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 91% across Kentucky. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $18,739 per student, against $14,752 across Kentucky (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

90 elementary schools, then one middle and 22 high schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓

Choice beyond the district

Middletown Christian Preschool & Kindergarten (private) is in town. Every school ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Douglass Hills’s grade

C⁻ Test scoresD Graduation

D: better than 10% of Kentucky school districts, #125 of 139 Kentucky towns. Both inputs trail the Kentucky average; test scores are the closer of the two to typical.

Kentucky school districts we grade (172)Better than 10%

Lower resultsHigher results

Kentucky towns with similar household incomes (140)Better than 1%

A firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 47,654 test results and a graduating class of 7,355 wouldn’t change the letter. The tests are from spring 2022, when 96% of Douglass Hills’s students in the tested grades sat them (47,926 in math, 47,381 in reading).

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Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Douglass Hills, with each school’s own grade.

90 schools teach K in Douglass Hills’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D− to A+, so check the specific school.

J. Graham Brown School

Grades K–12 · Louisville

A⁺

800 students17:1Rate it →

Tully Elementary

Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Louisville

A⁻

791 students16:1Rate it →

Town	Schools	Main districts
Douglass Hills	D	Jefferson County
Middletown	D	Jefferson County
Jeffersontown	D	Jefferson County
Sycamore	—	Jefferson County
Blue Ridge Manor	—	Jefferson County

Douglass Hills’s public schools score below 90% of Kentucky districts on tests and graduation

Douglass Hills’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Results trail the state

Graduation

Spending and class size

90 elementary schools, then one middle and 22 high schools

Choice beyond the district

What’s behind Douglass Hills’s grade

Where will my kid go?

Crosby Middle

Crosby Middle

Crosby Middle

The district

Well below the state in reading

Douglass Hills vs. its neighbors

Every school in Douglass Hills

Questions about Douglass Hills’s schools

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