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Black student results at Semple Elementary

Jefferson County, Kentucky

21.1%
of Black students meet proficient

At Semple Elementary, 21.1% of Black students meet proficient — 2.3 points above the 18.8% recorded for all students at the same school, and 1.1 points above the 20% average for Black students across Jefferson County.

Among the 68 schools in Jefferson County with reportable Black student results, this one ranks 25th. Across Kentucky, the average for Black students is 23.7%.

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Every group at this school

18.8%
All students
21.1%
Black
15%
Hispanic

Share of students meeting proficient at Semple Elementary. A group is omitted when too few students were tested to report safely.

How it compares inside Jefferson County

The schools ranked immediately above and below this one for Black student results, so the number above has something to sit against.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Crosby Middle 50.7% 23.4% 28.4% 68.2%
W.E.B. Dubois Academy MagnetAlt 26.4% 23.3%
Frayser Elementary 23% 22%
Carter Traditional Elementary Magnet 27.7% 21.7%
Jacob Elementary Magnet 14.5% 21.4%
Semple Elementary This school 18.8% 21.1% 15%
Chancey Elementary 29.1% 20.9%
Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary Magnet 25.5% 20.4%
Watterson Elementary 24.4% 20.4% 19.4%
Carrithers Middle 27.4% 20.3% 18.6% 34.4%
Farnsley Middle Magnet 30.2% 20% 29.5% 39.3%

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How to read this. Kentucky suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 108 of Kentucky's schools have reportable data. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Kentucky figures should not be compared against another state's.