Fern Creek High

Public 9-12

 9115 Fern Creek Road
       Louisville, KY  40291


(502) 485-8251

District: Jefferson County

SchoolDigger Rank:
212th of 276 Kentucky High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,446 Help


Feeder schools for Fern Creek High:

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

Student/teacher ratio:  15.5 Help
Number of students:  1,688

Racial breakdown:

African American:
39.3%
White:
32.1%
Hispanic:
18.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  59.8% Help


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Compare Details Fern Creek High ranks worse than 76.8% of high schools in Kentucky. It also ranks 7th among 24 ranked high schools in the Jefferson County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 23.19. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Fern Creek High is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (39.3%), White (32.1%), Hispanic (18.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 59.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Fern Creek High is 15.5. 18 high schools in the Jefferson County School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Fern Creek High is $13,446, which is the 16th highest among 24 high schools in the Jefferson County School District.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Fern Creek High:

SchoolDigger ranks Fern Creek High 212th of 276 Kentucky public high schools. (See Fern Creek High in the ranking list.)

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Asian students:
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Jefferson County:

SchoolDigger ranks Jefferson County 136th of 160 Kentucky school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Fern Creek High

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Rank History for all students at Fern Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 50.08 99th 217 54.4%
2008 51.36 100th 217 53.9%
2009 28.70 169th 217 22.1%
2010 47.32 117th 223 47.5%
2011 52.27 101st 226 55.3%
2012 42.23 131st 229 42.8%
2013 55.64 123rd 291 57.7%
2014 55.06 133rd 290 54.1%
2015 48.86 171st 295 42.0%
2016 49.14 166th 288 42.4%
2017 57.84 134th 287 53.3%
2018 21.48 206th 271 24.0%
2019 17.32 225th 285 21.1%
2021 20.71 222nd 267 16.9%
2022 29.60 196th 271 27.7%
2023 23.19 212th 276 23.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Fern Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.71 40th 42 4.8%
2022 41.56 39th 77 49.4%
2023 49.79 38th 76 50.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Fern Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.10 18th 30 40.0%
2019 43.66 17th 29 41.4%
2021 37.45 17th 29 41.4%
2022 30.59 28th 37 24.3%
2023 39.85 23rd 41 43.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Fern Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 11.53 202nd 226 10.6%
2023 56.75 38th 162 76.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Fern Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.37 198th 232 14.7%
2019 13.75 222nd 254 12.6%
2021 15.64 219th 234 6.4%
2022 35.63 181st 266 32.0%
2023 29.16 201st 272 26.1%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Fern Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 34.96 22nd 33 33.3%
2022 18.71 27th 32 15.6%
2023 14.41 33rd 37 10.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Fern Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.95 206th 234 12.0%
2019 13.86 216th 249 13.3%
2021 12.26 216th 236 8.5%
2022 19.18 214th 252 15.1%
2023 19.14 212th 253 16.2%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Fern Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.61 33rd 166 80.1%
2019 26.52 134th 166 19.3%
2021 18.05 136th 154 11.7%
2022 40.38 90th 153 41.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Fern Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.46 187th 237 21.1%
2019 16.44 214th 251 14.7%
2021 31.71 167th 238 29.8%
2022 36.07 159th 257 38.1%
2023 24.65 198th 259 23.6%
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Rank History for Asian students at Fern Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.58 23rd 25 8.0%
2019 5.94 22nd 23 4.3%
2021 37.87 13th 23 43.5%
2022 14.43 25th 28 10.7%
2023 13.93 23rd 26 11.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Fern Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.83 71st 94 24.5%
2019 34.39 60th 89 32.6%
2021 31.31 57th 78 26.9%
2022 51.69 32nd 89 64.0%
2023 34.50 53rd 83 36.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Fern Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.45 56th 80 30.0%
2019 14.05 84th 88 4.5%
2021 35.86 61st 92 33.7%
2022 56.27 45th 114 60.5%
2023 25.53 95th 116 18.1%
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Rank History for White students at Fern Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.21 119th 198 39.9%
2019 30.70 165th 219 24.7%
2021 37.84 117th 203 42.4%
2022 36.35 162nd 260 37.7%
2023 43.28 136th 264 48.5%
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Data source: test scores: Kentucky Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Kentucky Department of Education

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Reviews:
by a parent
Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Open Quote 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

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



Enrollment information for Fern Creek High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 900 240 3 2 1 n/a n/a 0 1146
1989 824 240 4 2 1 n/a n/a 0 1071
1990 745 226 9 3 0 n/a n/a 0 983
1991 699 206 6 1 3 n/a n/a 0 915
1992 721 228 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 951
1993 751 246 2 3 3 n/a n/a 0 1005
1994 751 246 2 3 3 n/a n/a 0 1005
1995 936 440 3 8 2 n/a n/a 0 1389
1996 936 440 3 8 2 n/a n/a 0 1389
1997 1017 488 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 1505
1998 986 464 3 11 2 n/a n/a 9 1475
1999 993 395 8 16 1 n/a n/a 8 1421
2000 950 368 5 12 2 n/a n/a 6 1343
2001 894 313 9 16 1 n/a n/a 8 1241
2002 799 306 8 14 0 n/a n/a 0 1127
2003 799 306 8 14 0 n/a n/a 0 1127
2004 775 384 5 17 1 n/a n/a 0 1182
2005 802 474 4 30 2 n/a n/a 0 1312
2006 813 571 9 37 0 n/a n/a 0 1430
2007 795 547 19 37 2 n/a n/a 32 1432
2008 798 580 23 56 5 n/a n/a 31 1493
2009 762 578 27 60 2 n/a n/a 40 1469
2010 766 579 22 59 1 n/a n/a 46 1473
2011 770 586 16 57 4 0 8 0 1441
2012 745 573 26 71 1 0 8 0 1424
2013 734 551 47 92 0 1 18 0 1443
2014 704 560 67 108 1 0 30 0 1470
2015 716 577 73 136 1 1 41 0 1545
2016 734 579 67 162 2 3 39 0 1586
2017 685 601 66 177 2 5 54 0 1590
2018 676 630 91 234 1 5 45 0 1682
2019 693 648 106 262 1 4 62 0 1776
2020 660 655 105 264 1 3 66 0 1754
2021 651 664 103 289 3 2 81 0 1793
2022 595 667 97 276 2 1 90 0 1728
2023 542 663 81 314 1 1 86 0 1688

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Fern Creek High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1146 64.0 17.9 n/a
1989 1071 61.0 17.5 n/a
1990 983 52.0 18.9 n/a
1991 915 48.2 18.9 n/a
1992 951 51.3 18.5 n/a
1993 1005 53.5 18.8 n/a
1994 1005 53.5 18.8 n/a
1995 1389 66.3 21.0 n/a
1996 1389 66.3 21.0 n/a
1997 1505 71.8 21.0 20.9
1998 1475 71.8 20.5 19
1999 1421 67.8 21.0 27
2000 1343 66.3 20.3 27.5
2001 1241 62.1 20.0 25.8
2002 1127 56.0 20.1 49
2003 1127 56.0 20.1 49
2004 1182 63.5 18.6 n/a
2005 1312 71.0 18.5 n/a
2006 1430 72.0 19.9 49.2
2007 1432 78.0 18.4 44
2008 1493 79.0 18.9 46
2009 1469 77.5 19.0 49.7
2010 1473 64.9 22.7 52.8
2011 1441 85.0 16.9 54.8
2012 1424 81.3 17.4 52.7
2013 1443 86.5 16.6 53.2
2014 1470 79.4 18.4 57.8
2015 1545 83.0 18.6 60.2
2016 1586 89.0 17.8 60
2017 1590 87.3 18.2 55
2018 1682 92.5 18.1 65.3
2019 1776 94.0 18.8 56.8
2020 1754 103.1 17.0 58.3
2021 1793 108.1 16.5 56.5
2022 1728 102.5 16.8 67.8
2023 1688 108.5 15.5 59.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Fern Creek High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1146 64.0 17.9 n/a
1989 1071 61.0 17.5 n/a
1990 983 52.0 18.9 n/a
1991 915 48.2 18.9 n/a
1992 951 51.3 18.5 n/a
1993 1005 53.5 18.8 n/a
1994 1005 53.5 18.8 n/a
1995 1389 66.3 21.0 n/a
1996 1389 66.3 21.0 n/a
1997 1505 71.8 21.0 20.9
1998 1475 71.8 20.5 19
1999 1421 67.8 21.0 27
2000 1343 66.3 20.3 27.5
2001 1241 62.1 20.0 25.8
2002 1127 56.0 20.1 49
2003 1127 56.0 20.1 49
2004 1182 63.5 18.6 n/a
2005 1312 71.0 18.5 n/a
2006 1430 72.0 19.9 49.2
2007 1432 78.0 18.4 44
2008 1493 79.0 18.9 46
2009 1469 77.5 19.0 49.7
2010 1473 64.9 22.7 52.8
2011 1441 85.0 16.9 54.8
2012 1424 81.3 17.4 52.7
2013 1443 86.5 16.6 53.2
2014 1470 79.4 18.4 57.8
2015 1545 83.0 18.6 60.2
2016 1586 89.0 17.8 60
2017 1590 87.3 18.2 55
2018 1682 92.5 18.1 65.3
2019 1776 94.0 18.8 56.8
2020 1754 103.1 17.0 58.3
2021 1793 108.1 16.5 56.5
2022 1728 102.5 16.8 67.8
2023 1688 108.5 15.5 59.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Fern Creek High

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2018 $772 (5.6%) $431 (3.1%) $1,203 (8.8%) $10,130 (74.0%) $1,477 (10.8%) $11,607 (84.8%) $13,687
2019 $804 (6.0%) $343 (2.6%) $1,147 (8.5%) $10,270 (76.4%) $1,310 (9.7%) $11,580 (86.1%) $13,446

Data source: Kentucky Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Fern Creek High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 225th of 285 High schoolsRanks 212th of 276 High schools
 2.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English (Fern Creek High)32.536
 3.5%
   11th Grade English (Jefferson County)40.642
 1.4%
   11th Grade English (Kentucky)49.147
 2.1%
11th Grade Mathematics (Fern Creek High)20.418
 2.4%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Jefferson County)32.228
 4.2%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Kentucky)36.433
 3.4%
11th Grade Reading (Fern Creek High)28.531
 2.5%
   11th Grade Reading (Jefferson County)39.340
 0.7%
   11th Grade Reading (Kentucky)4644
 2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students17761688
 5%
African American648663
 2.3%
American Indian11
Asian10681
 23.6%
Hispanic262314
 19.8%
Pacific Islander41
 75%
White693542
 21.8%
Two or More Races6286
 38.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients56.8%59.8%
 3%


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Fern Creek High ranks in the bottom 23.2% of Kentucky high schools.

Students at Fern Creek High are 39% African American, 32% White, 19% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 5% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,688 students attended 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


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