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Ballard High School
6000 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, KY, 40222-6437 -  Map
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School Overview:
Definition of Terms Ballard High School
School Level High school
Grades Offered Grades 9 - 12
County Jefferson County, KY
Students & Faculty
Total Students 1689 students
% Male / % Female 49%  /  51%
Total Classroom Teachers 88 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 9 - 431 students
Grade 10 - 460 students
Grade 11 - 393 students
Grade 12 - 381 students
Grade Not Listed - 24 students
This School ( KY ) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:19 1:15
Students by Ethnicity
This School ( KY ) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian 4% 1%
% Hispanic 1% 2%
% Black 26% 10%
% White 68% 87%
% Unknown 1 % 2%
Additional Student Information
This School ( KY ) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 20% 49%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 4% 8%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
( KY ) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name Jefferson County School District
This School's Agency ( KY ) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 172 6
Number of Students Managed 92,444 students 2,333 students
District Total Revenue $884,299,000 $19,338,000
District Expenditure $888,518,000 $20,060,000
District Revenue / Student $9,566 $7,295
District Expenditure / Student $9,611 $7,098
District Graduation Rates 77% 91%
School Notes:
  • Located in Louisville, Kentucky's eastern suburbs, Ballard High School opened in the fall of 1968 as a combined junior/senior high school. However, the original students were only in grades 7-9, and a grade was added each year as the building was expanded. This kept the school system from having to transfer upperclass students from other high schools after ties to another school had been established. The first class (consisting of the original freshmen) graduated in 1972. Ballard was led until the late 1970s by principal Patrick Crawford. The school currently contains grades 9-12.
  • Ballard has a long-standing tradition of excellence in academics, athletics and the arts. Ballard's mission is to expose students to a solid liberal arts curriculum consisting of high-level courses and award-winning arts programs. Ballard offers a solid Advance Program curriculum which, according to their website, includes 9 College Board Advance Placement(AP) courses. Ballard consistently scores above the national mean on the ACT and SAT test, and has the highest CATS scores in Jefferson County of non-selective schools. Ballard offers French, Japanese, Latin, Chinese and Spanish and has a world travel program, which gives students the opportunity to travel to Europe each year. Ballard continues to rank 2nd in the district and top 10 in the state for numbers of National Merit Scholars. Ballard High School was the first Jefferson County public high school recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as an exemplary school.
  • Ballard is a good academic institution in the Louisville metropolitan area and consists of students from all across the city. Ballard was the first Jefferson County public high school recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. They were also the national high school academic quiz bowl champions in 1990 by winning the Panasonic Academic Challenge. In 1984 Sherleen S. Sisney, a teacher of History, Economics and Political Science, won the National Teacher of the Year award.
  • In Kentucky, care must be taken not to confuse this school with Ballard Memorial High School, the public high school that serves Ballard County in the far-western Jackson Purchase.
  • Band, Speech, Chorus and Orchestra: Ballard's Choir received distinguished ratings at the regional KMEA Assessment in 2005. Ballard's Concert Band received distinguished ratings at regional and statewide concert band and solo/ensemble events. In 2006, The Marching Bruins won the prestigious Grand Champion Award at the Mid-States Band Association's championships. The Ballard Orchestra received distinguished ratings at the 2005 regional KMEA Large Ensemble Assessment. Ballard's Debate Team features three of the six of the policy debate teams in Jefferson County. Ballard's quick recall team is ranked second in the county league while suffering only one defeat to duPont Manual High School. Ballard s choir is the largest in Kentucky and has the largest number of students accepted to KMEA.
  • Athletics: Athletics at Ballard are competitive and very successful, winning 57 team state championships and many other individual championships. Ballard is a Kentucky powerhouse in baseball, basketball, football, lacrosse and soccer. Ballard Baseball, Ballard Basketball, and Ballard Football have sent many athletes on to college and to the pro ranks.
  • Ballard has been run by longtime principal Sandy Allen who retired after the 2003-2004 school year. The principal as of the 2004-2005 school year is Dr. James Jury. The head basketball coach is Chris Renner and the head baseball coach is Greg Gilbert. The basketball team was the state runner up in 2003 and won the state championship in 1977, 1988 and 1999. The girls' Softball team is a perennial power and were the State runner's up in 2005. Several current Ballard basketball players are solid prospects such as Ra'von Lee and Antiquawn Beckham. Ballard simply has one of the top high school basketball programs in the nation year in and year out. Ballard's nine state Championships in soccer outnumber those of any other program in Kentucky (1976, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995 and 1999).
  • Stadium: The current stadium of the Ballard Bruins is known as Pat Crawford Stadium. It is located on the grounds of Ballard High School. Its maximum seating capacity is 6,000.
  • The school has a history of senior-year pranks. Some of the more infamous ones was the 1980 loosing of a pig into the school hallways; more recently, a pair of seniors vandalized the principal's office and the famed mural hallway with eggs and whitewash, which was reported on the next morning's television news.
  • Notable alumni: John Hillerich - President & CEO of Hillerich & Bradsby, a company that makes sports equipment including the Louisville Slugger baseball bat.
  • Jerry Eaves - former N.B.A Player with the Utah Jazz, currently Head Men's Basketball coach at North Carolina A&T.
  • Allan Houston – former guard for the New York Knicks.
  • Jill Hertzman - Professional Woman's Tennis Player.
  • Jeremi Johnson – starting fullback for the Cincinnati Bengals.
  • Mark Jurich - former baseball star at the University of Louisville who currently plays for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans in the Atlanta Braves farm system.
  • Jeff Lamp - former N.B.A forward drafted in the first round in 1981 by the Portland Trail Blazers.
  • Bill Plaschke - sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times and panelist on Around the Horn on ESPN.
  • Andy Weingarten- Meteorologist, WAVE-3, Louisville, KY.
  • Jeremy Sowers - former pitcher at Vanderbilt University and 6th overall draft pick in the 2004 MLB draft, who currently plays for the Cleveland Indians,.
  • Josh Sowers - former pitcher at Yale University and a 10th round selection in the 2005 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays, and currently plays for the Lansing Lugnuts.
  • Jon Sonnheim - sports reporter, WKYT, Hazard, KY.
  • DeJuan Wheat - former N.B.A Player and University of Louisville basketball star drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1997.
  • Colonel Walter M. Herd - commander of special operations in Afghanistan.
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School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (40222)
School Zip (40222) (KY) State Average
Population (Approximate) 20,860 people 3,722,511 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 53% 15%
Population Average Age 41 years old 35.9 years old
Average Household size 2.2 persons 2.3 persons
Median Household Income $52,259 $35,205
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.8 rooms 5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 32 years old 37 years old
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% Owning / % Renting 62% / 38% 67% / 33%
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