Middle · Kentucky
Grace M. James Academy of Excellence
AlternativeFree meals for allGrace M. James Academy of Excellence, a public middle school in Louisville, Kentucky: grades 6–10, 440 students, 13.1 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
- 440
- Teachers (FTE)
- 33.5
- Students per teacher
- 13.1
- Grades
- 6–10
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 90% of middle schools in Kentucky
Median 15.9 · 219 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 65% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 67% of middle schools in Kentucky
Median 558 · 219 schools compared
Smaller than 60% 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%60%proficient
+18.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 82% of middle schools in Kentucky
Median 47% · 218 middle schools compared
306 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Kentucky: 42%33%proficient
+9.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 73% of middle schools in Kentucky
Median 40% · 217 middle schools compared
306 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 6–10
- Type
- District school · Alternative
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
- Run by
- Jefferson County
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Jefferson County.
Location
- Address
- 1615 West Broadway, Louisville, KY 40203
- Phone
- (502)485-8123
- City or town
- Louisville
- County
- Jefferson County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Western Middle School for the ArtsFree meals for all | 6–8 | 665 | 15.8 | 49% | 37% |
Johnson Traditional MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 516 | 19.6 | 21% | 15% |
Dr. J. Blaine Hudson Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–7 | 615 | 23.7 | 7.5% | — |
Meyzeek MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 847 | 16.7 | 44% | 43% |
Noe MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 1,155 | 19.7 | 68% | 62% |
Jefferson County Traditional MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 813 | 18.4 | 44% | 41% |
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
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.
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.
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