Jefferson County School District
Serves Jeffersontown, St. Matthews, Shively, Lyndon, Middletown, Douglass Hills, Hurstbourne, Prospect, Indian Hills, Graymoor-Devondale, Windy Hills, Hurstbourne Acres, Worthington Hills, St. Regis Park, Audubon Park, West Buechel, Coldstream, Beechwood Village, Heritage Creek, Northfield, Barbourmeade, Plantation, Rolling Hills, Langdon Place, Meadow Vale, Woodlawn Park, Bellemeade, Houston Acres, Blue Ridge Manor, Watterson Park, Fincastle, Spring Valley, Rolling Fields, Lynnview, Brownsboro Farm, Hollow Creek, Poplar Hills, Murray Hill, Green Spring, Parkway Village, Seneca Gardens, Woodland Hills, Strathmoor Village, Glenview, Riverwood, Wellington, Bancroft, Moorland, Norbourne Estates, Kingsley, Hollyvilla, Westwood, Norwood, Strathmoor Manor, Meadowview Estates, Spring Mill, Briarwood, Forest Hills, Richlawn, Creekside, Glenview Hills, Old Brownsboro Place, Brownsboro Village, Druid Hills, Bellewood, Maryhill Estates, Goose Creek, Manor Creek, Wildwood, Broeck Pointe, Thornhill, Crossgate, Glenview Manor, Cambridge, Hickory Hill, Mockingbird Valley, Hills and Dales, Lincolnshire, Sycamore, Ten Broeck, Meadowbrook Farm and South Park View.
What stands out about Jefferson County School District
- School Grade D−: better than 4% of Kentucky districts
- Math proficiency 11 pts below the state
- Reading / language arts 6 pts below the state
- Graduation rate (4-year) 8 pts below the state
- Spends 27% more per student than the KY average
- 15 students per teacher
- Debt of $427.1M, about $4,490 per student
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Shively.
Test scores vs. KY
2020–21Where the money goes
fiscal 2024U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
About steady.
Schools in the district
172 public schools.
Towns served
Nearby districts
Compare spending and schools next door.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES directory and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings are opinions.