Western Middle School for the Arts
Magnet · Grades 6–8 · 665 students
Grace M. James Academy of Excellence
1615 West Broadway, Louisville, KY 40203
Grades
6–10
Middle
Students
440
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
13.1 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Jefferson County
Jefferson County
Not graded
Alternative schools serve students whose needs a regular school could not meet, and states hold them to separate accountability rules, so we don't rank them against regular schools. How we grade
About Grace M. James Academy of Excellence
Grace M. James Academy of Excellence is a magnet middle school in Louisville, Kentucky, serving grades 6–10. It is part of Jefferson County. The school is located in a large city in Jefferson County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 440 students were enrolled, with about 13.1 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Kentucky middle school (15.9 students per teacher).
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 6–10
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Magnet School · What this means
- Category
- Alternative School
- Level
- Middle
- Grades offered
- 6–10
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 440 students
- Students per teacher
- 13.1 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- Yes
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Jefferson County
- County
- Jefferson County
- NCES school ID
- 210299002507
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.