| School name
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Opening date
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Origin of name and other information
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| Atkinson Elementary School
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J.B. Atkinson
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| Auburndale Elementary School
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| Audubon Traditional Elementary School
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John Audubon, painter and bird enthusiast
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| Bates Elementary School
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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.
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| Blake Elementary School
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| Bloom Elementary School
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I.N. Bloom
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| Blue Lick Elementary School
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Located on Blue Lick Road
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| Bowen Elementary School
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| Brandeis Elementary School
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Albert S. Brandeis
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| Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary School
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Merger of Breckinridge and Franklin Elementary Schools in 2000.
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| Byck Elementary School
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Dann Conrad Byck, member of the Louisville Board of Alderman and member of the city board of education 1955-1959
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| Camp Taylor Elementary School
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Located in Camp Taylor neighborhood, site of Camp Zachary Taylor 1917-1921
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| Cane Run Elementary School
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Located on Cane Run Road
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| Carter Traditional School
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| Chancey Elementary School
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2002
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Malcom B. Chancey, local business leader who established the Jefferson County Public Education Foundation.
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| Chenoweth Elementary School
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| Cochran Elementary School
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1900
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Gavin H. Cochran
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| Cochrane Elementary School
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| Coleridge-Taylor Elementary School
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
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| Coral Ridge Elementary School
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Located in the Coral Ridge neighborhood
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| Crums Lane Elementary School
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Located on Crums Lane
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| Dixie Elementary School
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| Dunn Elementary School
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| Eisenhower Elementary School
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Dwight Eisenhower, U.S. President and general
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| Engelhard Elementary School
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| Fairdale Elementary School
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Located in Fairdale
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| Fern Creek Elementary School
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Located in Fern Creek
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| Field Elementary School
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Emmet Field
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| Foster Academy
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Stephen Foster, Kentucky composer
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| Frayser Elementary School
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Nannie Lee Frayser
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| Gilmore Lane Elementary School
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Located on Gilmore Lane
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| Goldsmith Elementary School
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Located on Goldsmith Lane
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| Greathouse/Shryock Traditional Elementary School
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| Greenwood Elementary School
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Located on Greenwood Road
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| Gutermuth Elementary School
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| Hartstern Elementary School
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| Hawthorne Elementary School
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Located in Hawthorne neighborhood
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| Hazelwood Elementary School
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Located in Hazelwood neighborhood
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| Hite Elementary School
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Jane Glass Hite
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| Indian Trail Elementary School
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Located on Indian Trail
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| Jacob Elementary School
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| Jeffersontown Elementary School
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Located in Jeffersontown, Kentucky
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| Johnsontown Road Elementary School
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Located on Johnsontown Road
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| Kennedy Montessori School
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U.S. President John F. Kennedy
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| Kenwood Elementary School
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Located in Kenwood neighborhood
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| Kerrick Elementary School
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| King Elementary School
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Civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr.
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| Klondike Lane Elementary School
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Located on Klondike Lane
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| Laukhuf Elementary School
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| Layne Elementary School
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| Lincoln Elementary School
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U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
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| Lowe Elementary School
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| Luhr Elementary School
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Mattie B. Luhr
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| Maupin Elementary School
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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
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| McFerran Preparatory Academy
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John McFerran
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| Medora Elementary School
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| Middletown Elementary School
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Located in Middletown
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| Mill Creek Elementary School
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| Minors Lane Elementary School
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Located on Minors Lane
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| Norton Elementary School
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Former board member Jane M. Norton
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| Okolona Elementary School
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Located in Okolona neighborhood
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| Portland Elementary School
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Located in Portland neighborhood
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| Price Elementary School
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Sarah Jacob Price, school's first principal
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| Rangeland Elementary School
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Located on Rangeland Road
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| Roosevelt-Perry Elementary School
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1979
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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.
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| Rutherford Elementary School
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| St. Matthews Elementary School
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Located in city of St. Matthews
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| Sanders Elementary School
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| Schaffner Traditional School
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| Semple Elementary School
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1932?
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named for Ellen Churchill Semple in 1932, geographer and educator who was a member of a group of scholars advising Woodrow Wilson for the Peace Conference of Versailles in 1919
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| Shacklette Elementary School
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| Shelby Elementary School
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bef. 1850
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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.
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| Slaughter Elementary School
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Horace B. Slaughter
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| Smyrna Elementary School
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Located at corner of Smyrna Road and Outer Loop
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| Stonestreet Elementary School
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Rosa Phillips Stonestreet, only female superintendent in the history of public education in Louisville, Kentucky.
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| Zachary Taylor Elementary School
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U.S. President Zachary Taylor
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| Trunnell Elementary School
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| Tully Elementary School
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Roberta B. Tully
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| Watson Lane Elementary School
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Located on Watson Lane
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| Watterson Elementary School
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Henry Watterson, prominent Louisville newspaper editor, for whom the Watterson Expressway is also named
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| Wellington Elementary School
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Sara Belle Wellington
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| Wheatley Elementary School
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Phillis Wheatley, Former slave, first African American woman to publish a book of poetry
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| Wheeler Elementary School
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| Wilder Elementary School
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| Wilkerson Elementary School
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| Wilt Elementary School
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| Young Elementary School
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Whitney Moore Young, Jr., social worker and civil rights leaeder, became executive director of the National Urban League in 1961 and the recipient of the Medal of Freedom in 1969.
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