Middle · Kentucky

Farnsley Middle

Free meals for all

Farnsley Middle, a public middle school in Louisville, Kentucky: grades 6–8, 919 students, 16.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Jefferson County.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
919
Teachers (FTE)
56.0
Students per teacher
16.4
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 60% of middle schools in Kentucky

Median 15.9 · 219 schools compared

More students per teacher than 66% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 92% of middle schools in Kentucky

Median 558 · 219 schools compared

Larger than 87% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Kentucky's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Kentucky: 48%

36%proficient

+5.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 83% of middle schools in Kentucky

Median 47% · 218 middle schools compared

893 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Kentucky: 42%

25%proficient

+4.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 90% of middle schools in Kentucky

Median 40% · 217 middle schools compared

893 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Jefferson County.

Location

Address
3400 Lees Lane, Louisville, KY 40216
Phone
(502)485-8242

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Conway MiddleFree meals for all
6–867818.917%11%
6–854315.717%11%
6–847013.213%15%
Johnson Traditional MiddleFree meals for all
6–851619.621%15%
Stuart Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–81,16617.418%11%
Lassiter MiddleFree meals for all
6–892115.522%16%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 210299001530