List of schools in Louisville, Kentucky

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Here is a listing of public and private schools in Louisville, Kentucky USA.

Contents 1 Public schools 1.1 Elementary 1.2 Middle 1.3 High 1.4 Other/Combined 2 Private schools 2.1 Combined elementary and high schools 2.2 Elementary schools 2.3 High schools 3 Colleges and universities[1] 3.1 Public institutions ranked by highest degree offered 3.2 Private institutions offering four year (or more) degrees 3.3 Private institutions offering two year degrees 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Public schools

See also Jefferson County Public Schools

[edit] Elementary

School name	Opening date	Origin of name and other information
Atkinson Elementary School		Joseph B. Atkinson, longtime city school board member.
Auburndale Elementary School		Located in Auburndale neighborhood.
Audubon Traditional Elementary School		John J. Audubon, painter and bird enthusiast.
Bates Elementary School		James H. Bates, longtime chairman of the Jefferson County Board of Education Bates is the home of Safety City, an initiative to each students safe habits using a miniaturized city with go-carts for automobiles.
Blake Elementary School
Bloom Elementary School	1896	I.N. Bloom; physician, city Board of Education member 1911-1922 and first Board president.
Blue Lick Elementary School		Located on Blue Lick Road.
Bowen Elementary School
Brandeis Elementary School		Albert S. Brandeis
Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary School		Merger of Breckinridge and Franklin Elementary Schools in 2000.
Byck Elementary School		Dann Conrad Byck, member of the Louisville Board of Aldermen and member of the city board of education 1955-1959.
Camp Taylor Elementary School		Located in Camp Taylor neighborhood, site of Camp Zachary Taylor 1917-1921.
Cane Run Elementary School		Located on Cane Run Road.
Carter Traditional School		Jessie R. Carter
Chancey Elementary School	2002	Malcom B. Chancey, local business leader who established the Jefferson County Public Education Foundation.
Chenoweth Elementary School		Located near Chenoweth Lane.
Cochran Elementary School	1900	Gavin H. Cochran
Cochrane Elementary School	1968	Garland S. Cochrane
Coleridge-Taylor Elementary School		Composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
Coral Ridge Elementary School		Located in the Coral Ridge neighborhood.
Crums Lane Elementary School		Located on Crums Lane.
Dixie Elementary School		Located behind Valley Traditional High School, which is on Dixie Highway.
Dunn Elementary School
Eisenhower Elementary School		Dwight Eisenhower, U.S. President and general.
Engelhard Elementary School
Fairdale Elementary School		Located in Fairdale.
Fern Creek Elementary School		Located in Fern Creek.
Field Elementary School		Emmet Field
Foster Academy		Stephen Foster, Kentucky composer.
Frayser Elementary School		Nannie Lee Frayser
Gilmore Lane Elementary School		Located on Gilmore Lane.
Goldsmith Elementary School		Located on Goldsmith Lane.
Greathouse/Shryock Traditional Elementary School		Merger of Greathouse Elementary (named for longtime teacher and principal Miss Tommie Greathouse) and Shryock Elementary (named for architect Gideon Shryock).
Greenwood Elementary School		Located on Greenwood Road.
Gutermuth Elementary School		Leona Gutermuth
Hartstern Elementary School		Fred J. Hartstern, chief architect of the old Louisville Board of Education who later created his own firm which designed over 45 school buildings including Ballard and Moore High Schools.
Hawthorne Elementary School		Located in Hawthorne neighborhood.
Hazelwood Elementary School		Located in Hazelwood neighborhood.
Hite Elementary School		Jane Glass Hite
Indian Trail Elementary School		Located on Indian Trail.
Jacob Elementary School
Jeffersontown Elementary School		Located in Jeffersontown.
Johnsontown Road Elementary School		Located on Johnsontown Road.
Kennedy Montessori School		U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
Kenwood Elementary School		Located in Kenwood neighborhood.
Kerrick Elementary School		C.H., George, and Harry Kerrick who donated land for original school.
King Elementary School		Civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr..
Klondike Lane Elementary School		Located on Klondike Lane.
Laukhuf Elementary School
Layne Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School		U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
Lowe Elementary School
Luhr Elementary School		Mattie B. Luhr
Maupin Elementary School		Originally Parkland Elementary School, renamed for Milburn Taylor Maupin, first African-American central office administrator in the Louisville Public Schools. Served as interim superintendent January-June 1975 and retired as deputy superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools in 1978.
McFerran Preparatory Academy		John B. McFerran, land company president who donated land for Jeffersontown Elementary.
Medora Elementary School		Located in Medora neighborhood.
Middletown Elementary School		Located in Middletown.
Mill Creek Elementary School
Minors Lane Elementary School		Located on Minors Lane.
Norton Elementary School		Former school board member and WAVE Television president Jane M. Norton.
Okolona Elementary School		Located in Okolona neighborhood.
Portland Elementary School		Located in Portland neighborhood.
Price Elementary School		Sarah Jacob Price, school's first principal.
Rangeland Elementary School		Located on Rangeland Road.
Roosevelt-Perry Elementary School	1979	Formed as result of merger between the Roosevelt School and Perry Elementary school in 1979. Named for President Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Perry, Sr., principal of the Western Colored School 1891-1927.
Rutherford Elementary School
St. Matthews Elementary School		Located in St. Matthews neighborhood.
Sanders Elementary School
Schaffner Traditional School
Semple Elementary School	1932?	Named for Ellen Churchill Semple in 1932, geographer and educator who was a member of a group of scholars advising Woodrow Wilson for the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.
Shacklette Elementary School
Shelby Elementary School	bef. 1850	Isaac Shelby, Kentucky's first governor. The school was originally constructed by German immigrants. It was purchased by the Louisville Board of Education in 1868.
Slaughter Elementary School		Horace B. Slaughter
Smyrna Elementary School		Located in Smyrna neighborhood.
Stonestreet Elementary School		Rosa Phillips Stonestreet, only female superintendent in the history of public education in Louisville, Kentucky.
Zachary Taylor Elementary School		U.S. President Zachary Taylor.
Trunnell Elementary School
Tully Elementary School	1978	Roberta B. Tully. Built on site of the original Jeffersontown Elementary.
Watson Lane Elementary School		Located on Watson Lane.
Watterson Elementary School		Henry Watterson, prominent Louisville newspaper editor, for whom the Watterson Expressway is also named.
Wellington Elementary School		Sara Belle Wellington
Wheatley Elementary School		Phillis Wheatley, Former slave, first African American woman to publish a book of poetry.
Wheeler Elementary School		Virginia Wheeler
Wilder Elementary School		Ninde Wilder
Wilkerson Elementary School		Sylvia Wilkerson
Wilt Elementary School		Paxton Wilt
Young Elementary School		Whitney Moore Young, Jr., social worker and civil rights leader, became executive director of the National Urban League in 1961 and the recipient of the Medal of Freedom in 1969.

[edit] Middle

School name	Opening date	Origin of name and other information
Barret Traditional Middle School	1932	Alex G. Barret, Louisville Board of Education member (president in 1918) and Jefferson Circuit Court Judge.
Carrithers Middle School
Conway Middle School	1972	Aubrey Conway, Jefferson County Board of Education member and community advocate.
Crosby Middle School
Farnsley Middle School	1998	School built on historic land of David Farnsley.
Frost Middle School		Robert Frost
Highland Middle School	1928	Located near Highlands neighborhood.
Iroquois Middle School		Located in Iroquois neighborhood.
Jefferson County Traditional Middle School		Third site of the first Traditional Program middle school in Jefferson County, located in the building of the former Woerner Alternative Middle School which had previously been the J.M. Atherton High School for Girls.
Thomas Jefferson Middle School		Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States.
Johnson Traditional Middle School		Originally named Parkland Junior High School; renamed in honor of Lyman Tefft Johnson, a civil rights leader and educator, teacher at Central High School for 33 years and former assistant principal at Parkland Junior High School. He was the principal plaintiff in the federal court case regarding the desegregation of schools in Jefferson County. Served as Board Member 1978-1982.
Kammerer Middle School
Kennedy Metro Middle School		Alex R. Kennedy, previously Alex R. Kennedy Elementary School.
Knight Middle School		T. T. Knight
Lassiter Middle School		O.M. Lassiter
Meyzeek Middle School		Originally named Jackson Junior High, renamed in honor of Albert Ernest Meyzeek, civil rights activist and educator who served as the school's principal for a number of years. Was one of the founders of the Louisville Urban League, which he chaired for 29 years. Served on the state Board of Education 1948-1956.
Myers Middle School		Mary P. Myers
Newburg Middle School		Located in Newburg neighborhood.
Noe Middle School	1974	Samuel V. Noe, former superintendent of the old Louisville Public School District.
Southern Leadership Academy	1928	Located in Southern Louisville. Renamed from Southern Middle School to Southern Leadership Academy to reflect revised class organization of single-gender classes.
Stuart Middle School	1980	Jesse Stuart, distinguished Kentucky poet and novelist. Previously Stuart High School.
Western Middle School		Located in Western Louisville.
Westport Traditional Middle School and Fine Arts Academy		Located on Westport Road. Previously Westport High School.

[edit] High

School name	Opening date	Origin of name and other information
Atherton High School	1923	J.M. Atherton High School for Girls (at different location). Named after John McDougal Atherton, a local businessman and politician instrumental in changing Louisville's school system administration from trustees to a board of education.
Ballard High School	1968
Breckinridge Metropolitan High School		Previous site of Breckinridge Elementary School, structured learning environment for students with disciplinary problems and those ordered by court to attend.
Buechel Metropolitan High School		Located at the former Bashford Manor Middle School in the Buechel neighborhood, structured learning environment for students with disciplinary issues.
Butler Traditional High School	1954	Suda E. Butler
Central High School MCA	1882	Originally called the Central Colored High School, Louisville's first African-American high school.
Doss High School MCA		Harry Doss
DuPont Manual High School	1892	Originally called duPont Manual Training High School, named for Alfred Victor duPont, a local entrepreneur.
Eastern High School	1950	Located in Eastern Jefferson County.
Fairdale High School MCA		Located in Fairdale.
Fern Creek Traditional High School		Located in the Fern Creek neighborhood.
Iroquois High School MCA		Located in the Iroquois neighborhood near Iroquois Park.
Jeffersontown High School MCA	1925, 1966	Located in Jeffersontown. A fire in the 1940s that heavily damaged the gym and cafeteria, plus the opening of Eastern High School in 1950 caused the high school to be closed. The original building (located on same lot as present-day Tully Elementary) was used as an elementary school until it was demolished in 1975. Re-established at present location in 1966 following petition by residents of Jeffersontown.
Jefferson County High School	1986	Established in 1986 as an open-entry/open-exit program, allowing students to obtain a diploma through flexible scheduling. Also operates JCPS's Independent Study office.
Liberty High School	1997	Opened in 1997 at the site of now-closed Bruce Middle School, serving as a non-traditional program for students needing an alternative educational environment, especially those who have encountered academic difficulties.
Louisville Male High School	1856	Originally only accepted boys as students (there was a Louisville Female High School). In 1952, when the schools merged, name was changed to Louisville Male and Girls High School, but was reverted due to protests by faculty, alumni and students of both genders.
Pleasure Ridge Park High School MCA	1952	Located in the Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood.
Seneca High School MCA	1957
Shawnee High School MCA		Located in the Shawnee neighborhood.
Southern High School MCA		Located in Southern Jefferson County.
Valley Traditional High School	1937	Located in Valley Station.
Waggener Traditional High School	1954	Mayme S. Waggener, principal of Greathouse Elementary School 1918-1946.
Western MST Magnet High School		Located in Western Jefferson County.
Youth Performing Arts School	1977	Established in 1977, offers extensive instruction in performing arts, providing academic classes through duPont Manual High School.

[edit] Other/Combined

School name	Opening date	Origin of name and other information
Brown School	1972	Offers K-12 education Named after James Graham Brown, a local real estate developer, horse breeder and philanthropist.
Moore Traditional School	1969	Marion C. Moore, an educator in Jefferson County and teacher and administrator at Fern Creek High School 1926-1967. Moore Traditional Middle School added in 1999. Now operates officially as a combined school with a single principal.

[edit] Private schools

[edit] Combined elementary and high schools

• The Academy for Individual Excellence (Nonsectarian) (PK-12)
• Beth Haven Christian School (Baptist) (PK-12)
• Christian Academy of Louisville (Christian) (K-12)
• Covenant Christian Academy (Christian) (K-12)
• Evangel Christian School (Assembly of God) (K-12)
• Families For Christ Christian Academy (Christian) (1-12)
• Highlands Latin School (Christian, Classical) (K-12)
• Kentucky Country Day School (Nonsectarian) (K-12)
• Landmark Christian Academy (Baptist) (K-12)
• Louisville Collegiate School (Nonsectarian) (K-12)
• Louisville Junior Academy (Seventh-day Adventist) (K-10)
• M I C A H School (Baptist) (PK-11)
• Northside Christian School (Baptist) (K-12)
• Pitt Academy (Catholic) (K-12)
• Portland Christian School (Christian) (K-12)
• Walden School (Nonsectarian) (K-12)
• Whitefield Academy (Baptist) (formerly Highview Baptist School) (PK-12)

[edit] Elementary schools

• Ascension Elementary School (Catholic)
• The Chance School (Nonsectarian)
• Community Catholic Elementary School (Catholic)
• The De Paul School (Nonsectarian)
• Eastside Christian Academy (Christian)
• Eliahu Academy (Jewish)
• Friends School (Nonsectarian)
• Hayfield Montessori School (Nonsectarian)
• Holy Family Elementary School (Catholic)
• Holy Spirit Elementary School (Catholic)
• Holy Trinity Parish School (Catholic)
• Louisville Deaf Oral School (Nonsectarian)
• Meredith-Dunn School (Nonsectarian)
• Emma Minnis SDA School (Seventh-day Adventist)
• Montessori School of Louisville
• Mother of Good Counsel Elementary School (Catholic)
• Notre Dame Academy Elementary School (Catholic)
• Our Lady of Lourdes Elementary School (Catholic)
• Pope John Paul II Academy (Catholic)
• Prospect Latin School (Christian, Private)
• Sacred Heart Model School (Catholic)
• St. Agnes Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Albert the Great Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Andrew Academy (Catholic)
• St. Athanasius Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Bernard Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Denis Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Edward Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Francis of Assisi Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Gabriel Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Helen Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. James Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Lawrence Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Leonard Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Margaret Mary Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Martha Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Michael Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Nicholas Academy (Catholic)
• St. Patrick Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Paul Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Raphael Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Rita Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Rose Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Stephen Martyr Elementary School (Catholic)
• Summit Academy Of Greater Louisville (Nonsectarian)
• Thomas Merton Academy (Catholic)
• Waldorf School Of Louisville (Nonsectarian)

[edit] High schools

• Assumption High School (Catholic, female only)
• Christian Educational Consortium (Christian) (6-12)
• Holy Cross High School (Catholic, co-educational)
• Mercy Academy (Catholic, female only)
• Presentation Academy (Catholic, female only)
• Sacred Heart Academy (Catholic, female only)
• St. Francis High School (Nonsectarian)
• St. Francis DeSales High School (Catholic, male only)
• St. Xavier High School (Catholic, male only)
• Trinity High School (Catholic, male only)

[edit] Colleges and universities^[1]

[edit] Public institutions ranked by highest degree offered

• University of Louisville (Highest degree offered is Doctorate)
• Indiana University Southeast (Located in nearby New Albany, Indiana, highest degree offered is Master's)
• Jefferson Community and Technical College (Highest degree offered is Associate's)
• Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana (Located in nearby Sellersburg, Indiana, highest degree offered is Associate's)

[edit] Private institutions offering four year (or more) degrees

• Bellarmine University (Not-for-profit, Catholic)
• Indiana Wesleyan University (Not-for-profit, Wesleyan, Louisville Campus)
• ITT Technical Institute (For-profit)
• Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (Not-for-profit, Presbyterian)
• McKendree College (Not-for-profit, Louisville Campus)
• Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Not-for-profit, Baptist)
• Spalding University (Not-for-profit, Catholic)
• Sullivan University (For-profit)
• University of Phoenix (For-profit, Louisville Campus)
• Webster University (Not-for-profit, Louisville Campus)

[edit] Private institutions offering two year degrees

• Brown Mackie College (For-profit, primary school in Kansas)
• Daymar College (For-profit)
• Donta School of Beauty Culture (For-profit)
• Louisville Technical Institute (For-profit)
• National College of Business and Technology (For-profit)
• Spencerian College (For-profit)
• The Hair Design School (For-profit)
• Trend Setters Academy of Louisville (For-profit)

[edit] External links

• Archdiocese of Louisville Schools
• Jefferson County Public Schools
• Private School Review website

[edit] References

1. ^ [1] Accredited by the United States Department of Education

• Kleber, John E., et al. (editor) (2000). The Encyclopedia of Louisville. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2100-0.