Stuart Academy, Louisville KY - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Stuart Academy

Stuart Academy is a regular public middle school in Louisville’s Jefferson County Public Schools, serving sixth through eighth grade. It sits in the southwestern part of the city, in the Valley Station area. The school is not a charter or magnet; it operates as a neighborhood attendance school, and its Title I status was not listed in the available data.

The student body is large for a middle school and reflects a mix of backgrounds that is common across much of Louisville. Black and White students each make up a substantial share, Hispanic students are also a notable presence, and there are smaller groups of Asian students, those identifying as two or more races, and a handful of Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students. American Indian or Alaska Native students are not represented in the enrollment. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a measure that signals a high level of economic need.

On Kentucky’s state assessments, proficiency rates are low across all tested subjects and grades. In mathematics, the share of students scoring at the proficient level or above is in the low double digits in sixth and seventh grade and falls to a very small share in eighth grade. In English language arts, the rates are somewhat higher but still modest, with the highest being sixth grade. Science results for seventh grade were suppressed in the available data, likely due to a small tested group. In eighth-grade social studies, the proficiency rate is also low. When compared against other districts in Jefferson County, the school’s overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile of the small number of districts that were included in the comparison. Because the school only serves middle grades, there is no graduation rate to report.

Louisville is a large, low-density city that covers a vast area. Its economy is driven by health care, air cargo logistics, bourbon production, and tourism, with major employers including UPS, Humana, and Yum! Brands. The city’s built environment outside the urban core is largely car-dependent, and the school’s location in the Valley Station neighborhood reflects that suburban, spread-out pattern. The housing market in the school’s ZIP code shows home values slightly below the state median, and rents are moderate relative to national benchmarks, though affordability is a factor for many families given the income profile of the area.

The available data does not include information on the school’s programs, course access, staffing, discipline, or attendance patterns. The district brief did not yield any recent parent-relevant changes, so the larger context of Jefferson County Public Schools is not detailed here beyond the school-level results.

For a parent considering Stuart Academy, the defining fact is that academic proficiency is well below state averages and stands at the lower end of the county’s public schools. The school serves a student population with significant economic disadvantage, and the outcomes on state tests reflect the challenges that often accompany that context. Families may want to investigate what academic supports, intervention programs, and enrichment opportunities are in place, as well as how the school addresses the learning needs of its students across different performance levels. The absence of data on staffing ratios, advanced coursework, and school climate means those are topics worth raising directly with the school.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 611%

School 11% · District 28% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 31 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 713%

School 13% · District 31% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 30 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 88%

School 8% · District 28% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 622%

School 22% · District 39% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 32 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 717%

School 17% · District 36% · ▼ 19 pts below district

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

Grade 816%

School 16% · District 30% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 815%

School 15% · District 28% · ▼ 13 pts below district

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

This schoolJefferson 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 6Lower-income22%Higher-income22%0 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income17%Higher-income17%0 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income16%Higher-income12%4 pp gap