School segregation in Jefferson County and the affiliated Louisville metropolitan area, USA

Figures & data

Figure 1. Location of Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) and the Louisville metropolitan area, USA. The choropleth map presents percent of black students across 22 school districts and the column chart illustrates the contrast between JCPS and its vicinity in racial composition.

Table 1. Student enrollment (1987–2008, breakdown by race) in each school district in the Louisville metropolitan area, KY-IN, USA.

	Public school enrollment (1987)				Public school enrollment (2008)
School districts in the Louisville metropolitan area	Total	% Blacks	% Whites	% Others	Total	% Blacks	% Whites	% Others
Trimble County School District	1178	0	99.7	0.3	1513	0.4	96.4	3.2
Henry County School District	1929	2.1	97.7	0.2	2261	2	94.4	3.6
Oldham County School District	6663	2.7	96.7	0.6	11806	3.1	90.2	6.7
Eminence Independent School District	535	15.5	84.5	0	697	18.9	70	11
Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS)	93198	30.8	68.3	0.9	98774	36	52	12
Shelby County School District	4388	11.9	87.9	0.2	6496	9.5	73.3	17.3
Anchorage Independent School District	327	0.3	99.4	0.3	384	0	94.5	5.5
Meade County School District	3595	3.1	96.2	0.7	4979	1.9	94.4	3.7
Spencer County School District	1299	1.3	98.6	0.1	2804	2	95.3	2.7
Bullitt County School District	10221	0.4	99.3	0.3	12741	0.9	96.3	2.8
Nelson County School District	3762	2.8	97.1	0.1	4830	2	95.8	2.2
Bardstown Independent School District	1501	24.3	75.7	0	2472	18.6	74.4	7
Salem Community Schools	2198	0	99.7	0.3	2125	0.1	97.3	2.6
West Washington School Corporation	1090	0	99.8	0.2	896	0.2	97.8	2
East Washington School Corporation	1352	0.3	99.7	0	1716	0.2	97.1	2.7
Greater Clark County Schools	10999	10.4	88.7	0.9	10997	13.2	72.4	14.3
West Clark Community Schools	3309	0.1	99.5	0.4	3987	0.5	94.4	5.1
North Harrison Community School Corporation	2298	0.5	99.4	0.1	2324	0.4	96.7	2.8
New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated Schools	11228	5.5	93.8	0.7	11837	7.2	84	8.8
Clarksville Community School Corporation	1515	3.1	95.6	1.3	1382	4.3	82.9	12.9
Lanesville Community School Corporation	522	0	100	0	667	0.3	95.4	4.3
South Harrison Community Schools	2787	0.6	99.2	0.1	3141	0.4	94.6	5.1
Vicinity of JCPS	72696	4.5	95	0.5	90055	4.9	88	7.1
Metropolitan area total	165894	19.3	80	0.7	188829	21.2	69.2	9.7

Table 2. Results of segregation measures: Dissimilarity index vs. S index for JCPS and the affiliated Louisville metropolitan area for selected years.

	Dissimilarity index		S index
School year	JCPS	Louisville MSA	JCPS	Louisville MSA
1987	21.5	42.9	18.4	70.6
1990	20.5	42.9	14.3	70.7
1995	21.2	43.8	20.3	70.0
2000	22.3	46.6	23.0	74.0
2005	23.1	49.0	17.7	75.6
2008	24.7	51.2	23.9	76.4

Figure 2. Index of dissimilarity values (1987–2008) calculated for the Louisville metropolitan area using student enrollment (k-12) aggregated to three spatial levels: schools, school districts, and JCPS and its vicinity.