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Fern Creek High

Public Grades 9-12

213^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 254 Kentucky High Schools

Better than 16% of Kentucky high schools

Summary

Fern Creek High is a public high school in Louisville, Kentucky, serving 1,588 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Jefferson County school district, which is ranked 140 out of 157 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Fern Creek High consistently ranks in the bottom quarter of Kentucky high schools, with significantly lower performance on state assessments and the ACT compared to the district and state averages. The school's 4-year graduation rate of 87.7-93.5% is slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate of 1.1-2.6% is higher than the state average. Additionally, Fern Creek High has a very high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 25-43.9% over the past few years, which is substantially higher than the state average of around 15-20%.

While the nearby Seneca High, Jeffersontown High, and Marion C. Moore School also perform below the state average, they generally outperform Fern Creek High on key metrics. The smaller specialized schools like Boys & Girls Haven, Brooklawn, and Mary Ryan Academy have even lower performance and higher rates of chronic absenteeism, suggesting they may be struggling to meet the unique needs of their student populations.

1,525

Students ?

15.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,683

Per pupil spending ?

58.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

9115 Fern Creek Road
Louisville, KY 40291

(502) 485-8251

District: Jefferson County

Feeder schools for Fern Creek High:

Elementary:	Bates Elementary
	Fern Creek Elementary
	Luhr Elementary
	Price Elementary
	More...
	Watterson Elementary
Middle:	Newburg Middle

Racial breakdown:

African American:

32.7%

White:

32.4%

Hispanic:

25.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 42nd percentile in 2015 → 16th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Kentucky average (26% vs 39% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (16th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (44% vs 25% Kentucky)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school26%

District avg30%

Kentucky avg39%

213^th of 254

Kentucky public high schools ?

Bottom 16%▼ down 26 pts since 2015

From bottom 42% (2015) to bottom 16% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

7^th of 22High Schools in the Jefferson County

140^th of 157Jefferson County among Kentucky districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	17.8	213 of 254	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.1	225 of 290	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.2	212 of 276	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.6	196 of 271	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.7	222 of 267	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.3	225 of 285	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.5	206 of 271	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	57.8	134 of 287	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2016	49.1	166 of 288	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2015	48.9	171 of 295	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2014	55.1	133 of 290	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2013	55.6	123 of 291	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2012	42.2	131 of 229	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2011	52.3	101 of 226	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2010	47.3	117 of 223	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2009	28.7	169 of 217	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	51.4	100 of 217	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2007	50.1	99 of 217	54.4%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	21.1	63 of 75	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.5	70 of 93	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.5	53 of 83	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	51.7	32 of 89	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	31.3	57 of 78	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.4	60 of 89	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.8	71 of 94	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	22.2	20 of 25	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.3	17 of 27	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	13.9	23 of 26	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.4	25 of 28	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	37.9	13 of 23	43.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	5.9	22 of 23	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.6	23 of 25	8.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2022	40.4	90 of 153	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	18.0	136 of 154	11.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	26.5	134 of 166	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	63.6	33 of 166	80.1%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	65.8	2 of 8	75.0%	★★★★☆
2024	35.9	25 of 48	47.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	39.9	23 of 41	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.6	28 of 37	24.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	37.4	17 of 29	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	43.7	17 of 29	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.1	18 of 30	40.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	11.6	214 of 239	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.3	227 of 261	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.1	212 of 253	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.2	214 of 252	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.3	216 of 236	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.9	216 of 249	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.0	206 of 234	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	32.7	81 of 115	29.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.4	100 of 124	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.5	95 of 116	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	56.3	45 of 114	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	35.9	61 of 92	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	14.1	84 of 88	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	30.4	56 of 80	30.0%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2024	7.4	29 of 30	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.4	33 of 37	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.7	27 of 32	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.0	22 of 33	33.3%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	21.4	204 of 242	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.1	224 of 274	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.2	201 of 272	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.6	181 of 266	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	15.6	219 of 234	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.8	222 of 254	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.4	198 of 232	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	22.6	195 of 239	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.4	208 of 262	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.7	198 of 259	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	36.1	159 of 257	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.7	167 of 238	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	16.4	214 of 251	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.5	187 of 237	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	30.5	67 of 89	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	41.9	51 of 87	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	49.8	38 of 76	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	41.6	39 of 77	49.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	11.7	40 of 42	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2024	27.4	130 of 168	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	56.8	38 of 162	76.5%	★★★★☆
2019	11.5	202 of 226	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	30.4	184 of 251	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	39.6	166 of 273	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	43.3	136 of 264	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.4	162 of 260	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	37.8	117 of 203	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.7	165 of 219	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	41.2	119 of 198	39.9%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)75th percentile+59 vs school

Disabled (2022)41st percentile+14 vs school

Hispanic (2025)30th percentile+13 vs school

White (2025)27th percentile+11 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)25th percentile+9 vs school

Special Education (2024)23rd percentile~ school

Asian (2025)20th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)18th percentile~ school

African American (2025)16th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)16th percentile~ school

Female (2025)10th percentile-6 vs school

Homeless (2024)3rd percentile-19 vs school

By subject vs Kentucky (2024-2025) ?

Writing38%-7 vs state

Reading32%-15 vs state

Social Studies26%-12 vs state

Editing and Mechanics25%-16 vs state

Mathematics23%-18 vs state

Science13%-9 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Not a fan since Dr Myers left seems that all the structure he had in place left with him, the Dress-code, kids and their pants hanging off them with their underwear showing......seems now anything goes. There are issues and I think it’s reflective in the Scores of recent. There are no text books that I have seen for students to take home? I pay for AP classes no one can pass the final test to get credit for yet pay $95 per class have not received notice on how my son did on those test nor what the overall pass/fail rate from that class was. I feel like the money spent for these AP classes
Is wasted because I have gotten zero feed back from it. My son enjoys the classes. The objective was to obtain college credit and I have no idea if that has been accomplished or not. Very disappointing. Close Quote

by a parent
Monday, January 18, 2010

Fern Creek is an excellent school with excellent teachers. Close Quote

Schools Near Fern Creek High

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KSA Mathematics (2025)				KSA Reading (2025)				KSA Science (2025)		KSA Writing (2025)		KSA Social Studies (2025)		KSA Editing and Mechanics (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KSA Mathematics 6th Grade	KSA Mathematics 7th Grade	KSA Mathematics 8th Grade	KSA Mathematics 10th Grade	KSA Reading 6th Grade	KSA Reading 7th Grade	KSA Reading 8th Grade	KSA Reading 10th Grade	KSA Science 7th Grade	KSA Science 11th Grade	KSA Writing 8th Grade	KSA Writing 11th Grade	KSA Social Studies 8th Grade	KSA Social Studies 11th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 8th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Fern Creek High	Public	9-12	9115 Fern Creek Road	Louisville	40291	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	Yes	(502) 485-8251	1,525	101	15.1	58.5%	494 (32.4%)	499 (32.7%)	383 (25.1%)	93 (6.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (3.6%)	17.8	213^th of 254 public high schools	16.1%		21.1	225^th of 290 public high schools	22.4%	12				23.0				32.0		13.0		38.0		26.0		25.0	$20,683	$1,032	$1,905	$2,937	$13,931	$3,815	$17,746
Marion C. Moore School	Public, Magnet	6-12	6415 Outer Loop	Louisville	40228	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(502) 485-8304	1,892	133	14.2	67.7%	453 (23.9%)	607 (32.1%)	632 (33.4%)	107 (5.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	92 (4.9%)	3.1	247^th of 254 public high schools	2.8%		9.4	251^st of 290 public high schools	13.4%	4	16.0	20.0	17.0	10.0	26.0	23.0	20.0	16.0			23.0	21.0	18.0	13.0	22.0	15.0	$22,955	$1,067	$1,936	$3,003	$15,573	$4,380	$19,952
Jeffersontown High	Public	9-12	9600 Old Six Mile Lane	Jeffersontown	40299	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	Yes	(502) 485-8275	1,196	75	15.9	65.7%	377 (31.5%)	503 (42.1%)	219 (18.3%)	34 (2.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (5.2%)	16.7	216^th of 254 public high schools	15.0%		26.8	207^th of 290 public high schools	28.6%	9				22.0				31.0				39.0		24.0		23.0	$24,014	$1,220	$1,714	$2,934	$15,144	$5,936	$21,080
Newcomer Academy	Public	6-12	3741 Pulliam Dr	Louisville	40218	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	Yes	(502) 485-6324	578	55	10.4	78.2%	49 (8.5%)	193 (33.4%)	321 (55.5%)	15 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																	$21,410	$1,059	$1,747	$2,806	$15,126	$3,478	$18,604
Seneca High	Public, Magnet	9-12	3510 Goldsmith Lane	Louisville	40220	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(502) 485-8323	1,255	94	13.3	67.8%	308 (24.5%)	421 (33.5%)	419 (33.4%)	46 (3.7%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	57 (4.5%)	5.9	241^st of 254 public high schools	5.1%		7.5	262^nd of 290 public high schools	9.7%	21				15.0				26.0				16.0		20.0		17.0	$21,855	$1,447	$1,844	$3,291	$14,727	$3,837	$18,564
Minor Daniels Academy	Public	6-12	1960 Bashford Manor Ln	Louisville	40218	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	Yes	(502) 485-8316	184	28	6.5	79.9%	20 (10.9%)	134 (72.8%)	12 (6.5%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (8.7%)								(n/a)																17.0	$37,065	$1,686	$1,669	$3,354	$29,950	$3,762	$33,711
Southern High	Public, Magnet	9-12	8620 Preston Highway	Louisville	40219	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(502) 485-8330	1,725	98	17.5	64.8%	427 (24.8%)	508 (29.4%)	685 (39.7%)	36 (2.1%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	65 (3.8%)	6.1	239^th of 254 public high schools	5.9%		9.2	254^th of 290 public high schools	12.4%	15				17.0				23.0		8.0		22.0		18.0		19.0	$20,069	$946	$2,216	$3,162	$12,725	$4,182	$16,907
Boys & Girls Haven	Public	6-12	2301 Goldsmith Ln	Louisville	40218	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	No	(502) 458-1171	20	4	5.6	65.0%	10 (50.0%)	5 (25.0%)	2 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (15.0%)								(n/a)																	$28,939	$1,921	$3,698	$5,619	$17,795	$5,525	$23,320
Brooklawn	Public	6-12	3121 Brooklawn Campus Drive	Louisville	40218	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	No	(502) 515-0460	28	7	3.9	57.1%	19 (67.9%)	6 (21.4%)	2 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.6%)								(n/a)																	$50,760	$2,676	$3,542	$6,219	$38,830	$5,712	$44,542
W.E.B. DuBois Academy	Public, Magnet	6-12	3307 East Indian Trail	Louisville	40213	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(502) 485-8253	477	38	12.7	61.8%	15 (3.1%)	401 (84.1%)	24 (5.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (7.1%)								(n/a)	20.0	21.0	14.0		32.0	58.0	22.0	31.0	19.0	17.0	11.0		21.0	30.0	27.0	21.0	$28,762	$1,436	$2,358	$3,794	$20,045	$4,923	$24,967

Frequently Asked Questions about Fern Creek High

What schools feed into Fern Creek High?

Fern Creek High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Bates Elementary
Elementary : Fern Creek Elementary
Elementary : Luhr Elementary
Elementary : Price Elementary
Elementary : Watterson Elementary
Middle : Newburg Middle

What is the racial makeup of Fern Creek High?

Students at Fern Creek High are 33% African American, 32% White, 25% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more races.

How many students attend Fern Creek High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,525 students attended Fern Creek High.

Is Fern Creek High a good school?

Fern Creek High ranks in the bottom 16.1% of Kentucky high schools.

What district is Fern Creek High in?

Jefferson County

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