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Engelhard Elementary is a public elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky, serving 276 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Jefferson County School District, which is ranked 141 out of 159 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Engelhard Elementary has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing elementary schools in Kentucky over the past decade, with a statewide ranking between 526 and 688 out of around 700 schools. The school has received a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the years, with a brief 1-star rating in 2014-2015. Engelhard Elementary consistently performs significantly below the state and district averages in all tested subjects, including reading, math, science, social studies, and writing. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 9% of 4th-grade students and 8% of 5th-grade students were proficient or better in reading, compared to the state averages of 50% and 46%, respectively. In math, the proficiency rates for Engelhard Elementary were even lower, with only 20% of 3rd-graders, 7% of 4th-graders, and 23% of 5th-graders achieving proficiency, compared to the state averages of 43%, 42%, and 38%, respectively.
Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts, Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary, and Bloom Elementary, perform significantly better than Engelhard Elementary on academic measures, despite serving similar student populations. This suggests that the low performance of Engelhard Elementary is not solely due to the demographics of the student population, but rather a reflection of the school's ability to effectively educate its students. Additionally, Engelhard Elementary has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing schools in Kentucky for the past decade, with no significant improvement in its academic performance or overall ranking, indicating a persistent and systemic issue within the school that has not been adequately addressed.
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