High · Kentucky

W.E.B. DuBois Academy

AlternativeFree meals for all

W.E.B. DuBois Academy, a public high school in Louisville, Kentucky: grades 6–12, 477 students, 12.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Jefferson County.

Size and class size

Compared with high 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
477
Teachers (FTE)
37.5
Students per teacher
12.7
Grades
6–12
High

Fewer students per teacher than 68% of high schools in Kentucky

Median 15.5 · 353 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 63% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 52% of high schools in Kentucky

Median 450 · 356 schools compared

Larger than 54% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 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%

35%proficient

−2.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 52% of high schools in Kentucky

Median 35% · 27 high schools compared

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

Math

Kentucky: 42%

18%proficient

+2.9 points from 2023–24 school year

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

Median 32% · 24 high schools compared

277 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
High · Grades 6–12
Type
District school · Alternative
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
3307 East Indian Trail, Louisville, KY 40213
Phone
(502)485-8253

Nearby high schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Mary Ryan AcademySpecial educationFree meals for all
9–12163.1
Liberty HighAlternativeFree meals for all
7–121003.5
Louisville Male HighFree meals for all
9–121,76319.2
Minor Daniels AcademyAlternativeFree meals for all
6–121846.5
BrooklawnAlternative
6–12284.0
Atherton HighFree meals for all
9–121,46618.1

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 210299002458