Elementary · Kentucky

Shelby Academy

Free meals for all

Shelby Academy, a public elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky: grades k–5, 290 students, 9.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Jefferson County.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary 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: 290
Teachers (FTE): 29.2
Students per teacher: 9.9
Grades: K–5; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 97% of elementary schools in Kentucky

Median 14.6 · 719 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 93% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 81% of elementary schools in Kentucky

Median 436 · 720 schools compared

Smaller than 75% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades K–5
Type: District school · Regular
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: 735 Ziegler Street, Louisville, KY 40217
Phone: (502)485-8327
City or town: Louisville
County: Jefferson County

Quality of life in Louisville Schools in Louisville

Nearby elementary schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Cochran ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	419	12.6	1.1 mi
Engelhard ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	265	12.4	1.2 mi
Heuser Hearing & Language AcademySpecial educationFree meals for all	Pre-K–K	7	7.0	1.2 mi
Audubon Traditional ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	610	20.2	1.3 mi
Bloom ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	533	17.4	1.6 mi
Mcferran Preparatory AcademyFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	584	13.1	1.7 mi

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).

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NCES 210299000780