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Slaughter Elementary

Public Grades K-5
660th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 684 Kentucky Elementary Schools
Better than 4% of Kentucky elementary schools
Summary

Slaughter Elementary is a Jefferson County public school in Louisville, Kentucky, serving 466 students in grades K–5. Its most important challenge is that 2025–2026 proficiency was below both the district and state in every subject with a reported score: across grades 3–5, an average of 19% were proficient in Math and 23% in Reading, compared with 31% and 38% in the district and 43% and 50% statewide.

Writing is Slaughter’s strongest subject relative to the district and state, though results remain low: 17% of fifth graders were proficient, 8 points below the district and 18 below the state. Reading and Editing and Mechanics had the largest gaps with the state: Slaughter’s Reading average was 23%, versus 50% statewide, and fifth-grade Editing and Mechanics was 21%, versus 48%. Compared with nearby schools, Math was lower in each tested grade—for example, 19% in fourth grade versus a nearby-school average of 28%. Reading varied by grade: third-grade Reading was slightly above nearby schools (26% versus 25%), while fourth grade was below (19% versus 29%).

Results have weakened over time: the Math average fell from 28% in 2022–2023 to 19% in 2025–2026, while fifth-grade Writing dropped 24 points, from 41% to 17%. Slaughter also fell from the 19th to the 4th percentile in SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings and has 0 stars. One notable subgroup result is a comparatively higher SchoolDigger standing for African American students: the school ranked at the 21st percentile for that group, versus the 4th percentile overall. Its English Language Learner ranking fell from the 58th percentile in 2022–2023 to the 8th in 2025–2026. For context, its 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 17.1, and 81% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible—the highest reported rate among nearby schools.

466
Students ?
17.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$24,906
Per pupil spending ?
80.7%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 3805 Fern Valley Road
       Louisville, KY  40219

(502) 485-8328

District: Jefferson County


Students who attend Slaughter Elementary usually attend:

High:    Southern High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
57.3%
African American:
27.7%
White:
10.3%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 19th percentile in 2015 → 4th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Kentucky average (20% vs 44% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 15 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school20%
District avg32%
Kentucky avg44%
660th of 684
Kentucky public elementary schools ?
Bottom 4%▼ down 9 pts since 2016
From bottom 13% (2016) to bottom 4% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
64th of 85Elementary Schools in the Jefferson County
135th of 158Jefferson 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20266.6660 of 6843.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202510.2641 of 6856.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.8615 of 68510.2%★☆☆☆☆
202321.4558 of 68718.8%★☆☆☆☆
20228.8650 of 6845.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.5617 of 70011.9%★☆☆☆☆
201815.4626 of 6919.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201714.7634 of 6948.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201621.1603 of 69012.6%★☆☆☆☆
201526.6567 of 69818.8%★☆☆☆☆
201418.2637 of 7059.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201313.3676 of 7196.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201221.3622 of 71312.8%★☆☆☆☆
20111.3683 of 6880.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20102.5672 of 6831.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20097.4624 of 6585.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20083.3641 of 6511.5%☆☆☆☆☆
200722.0535 of 63816.1%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202627.4118 of 15021.3%★☆☆☆☆
202520.0120 of 14215.5%★☆☆☆☆
202424.3116 of 14017.1%★☆☆☆☆
202333.984 of 12934.9%★★☆☆☆
202222.6100 of 11815.3%★☆☆☆☆
201948.591 of 18550.8%★★★☆☆
201839.0115 of 18437.5%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
201919.7423 of 47410.8%★☆☆☆☆
201820.4395 of 44511.2%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202622.360 of 657.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202424.851 of 6420.3%★☆☆☆☆
202350.527 of 6558.5%★★★☆☆
201954.536 of 9662.5%★★★☆☆
201852.131 of 8161.7%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202611.4611 of 6577.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202510.9606 of 6486.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.0567 of 64412.0%★☆☆☆☆
202322.5527 of 63917.5%★☆☆☆☆
20228.4620 of 6413.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201923.9574 of 67114.5%★☆☆☆☆
201817.3602 of 6639.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202614.1162 of 1683.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202521.8143 of 16814.9%★☆☆☆☆
202428.4103 of 13523.7%★☆☆☆☆
202333.782 of 12031.7%★★☆☆☆
202222.997 of 11414.9%★☆☆☆☆
201938.8102 of 15232.9%★★☆☆☆
201836.2114 of 15325.5%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202610.6642 of 6744.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202514.5620 of 6727.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.1571 of 66514.1%★☆☆☆☆
202329.3499 of 67025.5%★☆☆☆☆
20228.0653 of 6672.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.8592 of 66410.8%★☆☆☆☆
201823.7545 of 63113.6%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20263.2645 of 6510.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.9619 of 6535.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.3597 of 6528.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202320.4540 of 65217.2%★☆☆☆☆
20225.0646 of 6571.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201915.5612 of 6769.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.7601 of 6659.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202621.6280 of 31410.8%★☆☆☆☆
201920.1566 of 66114.4%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20268.1636 of 6502.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202526.0509 of 65922.8%★☆☆☆☆
202418.2582 of 65911.7%★☆☆☆☆
202363.5196 of 65870.2%★★★★☆
201816.3549 of 5937.4%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
African American (2026)21st percentile+18 vs school
Special Education (2026)11th percentile+7 vs school
Disabled (2019)11th percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2026)8th percentile+4 vs school
Female (2026)7th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)5th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)4th percentile~ school
White (2026)2nd percentile~ school
Male (2026)1st percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs Kentucky (2025-2026) ?
Reading23%-27 vs state
Editing and Mechanics21%-27 vs state
Mathematics19%-24 vs state
Writing17%-18 vs state
Social Studies13%-25 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 466 students attended Slaughter Elementary.

Students who attend Slaughter Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Southern High

Students at Slaughter Elementary are 57% Hispanic, 28% African American, 10% White, 3% Two or more races.

Slaughter Elementary ranks in the bottom 3.5% of Kentucky elementary schools.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kentucky Department of Education.

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