List of public schools in Louisville, Kentucky
Elementary schools
Public elementary schools provide education through fifth grade (approx. age 11, depending on the student).

List of public schools in Louisville, Kentucky

Section Title: Elementary schools
Table Section Text: Public elementary schools provide education through fifth grade (approx. age 11, depending on the student).

Picture	School name	Opening date	Origin of name and other information

Atkinson Elementary School	1902	Joseph B. Atkinson, longtime city school board member

Auburndale Elementary School	1924	Located in Auburndale neighborhood

-	Audubon Traditional Elementary School	1954	John J. Audubon, painter and bird enthusiast

Bates Elementary School	1955	James H. Bates, longtime chairman of the Jefferson County Board of Education home of Safety City (a miniaturized city with 'go-cart' automobiles designed to teach students safe habits)

Blake Elementary School	1970

Bloom Elementary School (originally Enterprise)	1896	I.N. Bloom; physician, City of Louisville Board of Education member 1911–1922, and first Board president

Blue Lick Elementary School	1966	located on Blue Lick Road

Bowen Elementary School	1969	known as "the greatest school on earth"

Brandeis Elementary School	1913	Albert S. Brandeis

Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary School	1999	merger of John C. Breckinridge Elementary and Benjamin Franklin Elementary Schools in 2000

Byck Elementary School	1961	Dann Conrad Byck, member of the Louisville Board of Aldermen and member of the City of Louisville Board of Education 1955–1959

Camp Taylor Elementary School	1917	located in Camp Taylor neighborhood, site of Camp Zachary Taylor 1917–1921

Cane Run Elementary School	1832	located on Cane Run Road. The school was originally housed in a log cabin, and may have had as many of seven different buildings.

Carter Traditional School	1918	Jessie R. Carter

Chancey Elementary School	2002	Malcom B. Chancey, local business leader who established the Jefferson County Public Education Foundation

Chenoweth Elementary School	1954	located near Chenoweth Lane

Cochran Elementary School	1900	Gavin H. Cochran

Cochrane Elementary School	1968	Garland S. Cochrane

Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary School	1969	composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Coral Ridge Elementary School	1971	located in the Coral Ridge neighborhood

Crums Lane Elementary School	1962	located on Crums Lane

Dixie Elementary School	1960	located behind Valley Traditional High School, on Dixie Highway

Dunn Elementary School	1972

Eisenhower Elementary School	1972	U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower (and General over Allied Forces WWII)

Engelhard Elementary School	1919	Victor S. Engelhard. Located in Old Louisville; 1004 South First Street, Louisville, KY 40203

Fairdale Elementary School	1913	located in the Fairdale community

Farmer Elementary School	2007	James E. Farmer, teacher, principal and deputy superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools until 1976.

Fern Creek Elementary School	1911	Located in the Fern Creek community. The earliest building directly related to the present school was constructed in 1911.

Field Elementary School	1915	Judge Emmet Field

Foster Academy	1917	composer Stephen Foster ("My Old Kentucky Home")

Frayser Elementary School	1925	Nannie Lee Frayser

Gilmore Lane Elementary School	1955	located on Gilmore Lane

Goldsmith Elementary School	1955	located on Goldsmith Lane. Goldsmith is an International/Cultural Studies magnet.

Greathouse/Shryock Traditional Elementary School	1980	Created with the merger of Greathouse Elementary (named for longtime teacher and principal Miss Tommie Greathouse) and Shryock Elementary (named for Gideon Shryock, architect)

Greenwood Elementary School	1957	located on Greenwood Road

Gutermuth Elementary School	1970	Leona Gutermuth

Hartstern Elementary School	1969	Fred J. Hartstern, chief architect of the old Louisville Board of Education.

Hawthorne Elementary School	1954	located in Hawthorne neighborhood

-	Hazelwood Elementary School	1951	located in Iroquois Homes/Hazelwood neighborhood

Jane glass hite elem.JPG	Hite Elementary School	1963	Jane Glass Hite (longtime educator). Located in Middletown behind Eastern High School.

Indian Trail Elementary School	1959	located on Indian Trail

Jacob Elementary School	1932	Richard Taylor Jacob

-	Jeffersontown Elementary School	1870s	located in the city of Jeffersontown

Johnsontown Road Elementary School	1967	located on Johnsontown Road

Kennedy Montessori School	1964	U.S. President John F. Kennedy

Kenwood Elementary School	1955	located in Kenwood neighborhood

Kerrick Elementary School	1876	Charles H., George, and Harry Kerrick who donated land for the original school

King Elementary School	1969	civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr.

Klondike Lane Elementary School	1971	located on Klondike Lane

Laukhuf Elementary School	1974	Louis H.C. & Emily Laukhuf (educators for 55½ years; 33½ years in Jefferson County)

Layne Elementary School	1969	Offers an academic Honors Program for third, fourth, and fifth graders in reading and math

Lincoln Elementary School	1966	U.S. President Abraham Lincoln

Lowe Elementary School	1974	John Lowe (retired principal from Lyndon Elementary and Waggener High School)

Luhr Elementary School	1966	Mattie B. Luhr

Maupin Elementary School	1985	Originally Parkland Elementary School, was renamed for Milburn Taylor Maupin, first African-American central office administrator in the Louisville Public Schools. He served as interim superintendent January–June 1975 and retired as deputy superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools in 1978.

McFerran Preparatory Academy	1919	John B. McFerran, land company president who donated land for Jeffersontown Elementary

Medora Elementary School	1880s	located in Medora neighborhood

Middletown Elementary School	1909	located in the city of Middletown

Mill Creek Elementary School	bef. 1876	Earliest records place school's existence on/or before 1876. The current building was opened in 1970.

Minors Lane Elementary School	1968	located on Minors Lane

Norton Elementary School	1967	Jane M. Norton, former school board member and WAVE-TV president

Okolona Elementary School	1924	located in Okolona community

Portland Elementary School	1853	located in Portland neighborhood

Price Elementary School	1969	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. The original schools were for President Theodore Roosevelt and William H.

Rutherford Elementary School	1951	Sally B. Rutherford

St. Matthews Elementary School	1955	Located at 601 Browns Lane in the city of St. Matthews. St. Matthews current principal is Mr. Scott Collier.

Sanders Elementary School	1962	Provides specialized instrumental programs, including band, orchestra, and the Weisberg Suzuki Violin Program

Schaffner Traditional School	1955	named after Henry B. Schaffner, member of the Kentucky Board of Education

Semple Elementary School	1932	named for Louisville-born geographer Ellen Churchill Semple

Shacklette Elementary School	1966

Shelby Traditional Academy	before 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	1967	Horace B. Slaughter

Smyrna Elementary School	1961	located in Smyrna neighborhood

Stonestreet Elementary School	1958	Rosa Phillips Stonestreet, only female superintendent in the history of public education in Louisville's old City Board of Education.

Stopher Elementary School	2007	Joseph E. Stopher, attorney and president of Gheens Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting education projects.

Trunnell Elementary School	1967	Bertha Trunnell, long time educator in Jefferson County's south end. Trunnell's dedication ceremony took place on October 19, 1967.

Tully Elementary School	1978	Roberta B. Tully Located on College Drive in Jeffersontown, KY on the site of the original Jeffersontown Elementary.

Watson Lane Elementary School	1956	located on Watson Lane

Watterson Elementary School	1970	Henry Watterson, prominent Louisville newspaper editor and namesake of the Watterson Expressway

Wellington Elementary School	1968	Sara Belle Wellington

Wheatley Elementary School	1911	Phillis Wheatley, former slave and poet (first African American woman to publish a book of poetry)

Wheeler Elementary School	1969	Virginia Wheeler

Wilder Elementary School	1957	Ninde S. Wilder

Wilkerson Elementary School	1956	Sylvia Wilkerson

Wilt Elementary School	1967	Paxton Wilt: Wilt is named for Paxton M. Wilt, a Jefferson County Board of Education member and executive with the Brown and Williamson company.

Young Elementary School	1971	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 Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969.

Zachary Taylor Elementary School	1959	U.S. President Zachary Taylor, finished in November 9, 1959, located in Westport Road.

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Bloom Elementary is one of the public schools in Louisville, Kentucky.

final_sentence: Bloom Elementary is one of the public schools in Louisville, Kentucky.