Brooks Elementary School, Brooks KY

Original Research by School Decision on Brooks Elementary School

Brooks Elementary School is a regular public elementary school in Bullitt County, Kentucky, serving students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. It sits in the unincorporated community of Brooks, a residential census-designated place just south of Louisville along Interstate 65. The school operates under the Bullitt County school district.

Enrollment is in the mid-range for an elementary school of this grade band, and a substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The student body is predominantly white, with Hispanic students accounting for the next largest group, and smaller shares of students who are Black, Asian, or identify as two or more races. Data on students with disabilities and English learners were not available in public records.

On the Kentucky Summative Assessment, proficiency rates for the most recent testing year are modest across most subjects and grade levels. In mathematics, about one-fifth of third graders scored proficient, while fourth graders posted roughly one-quarter proficiency. The fifth-grade math result was suppressed for data privacy. In English language arts, third and fifth graders reached about one-fifth proficiency, while fourth graders reached roughly two-fifths, the strongest single result in the data. Social studies, assessed in fifth grade, saw about one-quarter of students proficient. Fourth-grade science results were also suppressed. A parent may want to discuss these results directly with the school to understand how instruction and support are structured.

The community of Brooks is car-dependent, oriented around the interstate, and lacks a traditional downtown or civic center. Population has been stagnant to declining in recent years. Housing values in the area are above typical Kentucky levels but below the national median, and mortgage rates have hovered in the mid-single-digit range. The largest local industries are health care, construction, and management. The district brief turned up no recently reported changes of lasting impact to the school or its operations.

Brooks Elementary is a straightforward neighborhood elementary school in a suburban-exurban setting with a notable poverty rate and academic results that fall below what many families might expect. For parents weighing this school, a closer look at classroom support, intervention programs, and school climate would be worthwhile. Because the school does not serve high school grades, graduation rate and advanced coursework offerings are not applicable here.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 319%

School 19% · District 35% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 425%

School 25% · District 36% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 321%

School 21% · District 40% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 40% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 41% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 30 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 524%

School 24% · District 29% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

This schoolBullitt County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income34%Higher-income47%13 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income14%Higher-income31%17 pp gap