West End School (West End) is a private, tuition-free center of learning in Louisville, Kentucky with a mission to help students reach their potential, regardless of circumstances.
Enrolling prekindergarten through eighth-grade students, West End provides a boarding-school environment where students stay on-site five nights a week. The school cultivates well-rounded young adults by fostering strong study habits and a keen sense of responsibility and community.
Funded almost entirely by private donations, the school targets incoming students who perform at grade level but who seek an alternative to available public schools. Most students come from Louisville’s West End, but the school also draws from ZIP codes all over Louisville and across the Ohio River in Indiana.
Founded by Robert and Deborah Blair in 2005, West End was conceived as a boys’ school and started with just three students studying out of a private home on Chickasaw’s Chestnut Street. As enrollment grew, the Blairs moved into the former Carter Elementary School on Virginia Avenue west of the Shawnee Expressway. These days, West End serves approximately 140 students and plans to open enrollment to girls.
The main building includes classrooms, dining facilities and dorms. The school also offers a state-of-the-art athletic center named in honor of Darrell Griffith, a former National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year, West End alumnus and school board member.
In addition to the West End’s Soaring Eagles’ soccer, basketball, tennis and track, West End offers music instruction, theater, chess club, a scouting program, an outdoor pollinator garden and a Makers’ Space for budding engineers.
The school boasts that all its alumni go on to complete high school, many of them through scholarships offered by other private schools in Louisville.
West End School
Private Pre-K, Elementary, Middle School
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Grade 6-8
3628 Virginia Ave,
Louisville, KY
School Details
Students
140
Student Teacher Ratio
8:1
Boarding Program
Offers Boarding
Niche Grade Details
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
8:1
Teachers
18
Full Time Teachers
15
Part Time Teachers
3
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This School’s Reviews
GreatSchools Reviews
6/8/2022
Amazing school with great teachers, kind and thoughtful student body, and pure message-- 10/10!
6/8/2022
A school with a wonderful purpose and message. Thanks to all the educators and volunteers who have made this so successful.
3/21/2022
Highly motivated staff changing the lives of its students. Highly recommended.
3/21/2022
West End School is wonderful and been a true blessing to my family .
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About Chickasaw
List Price Range
$210K - $1M
Homes For Sale
17
Average Home Value
$122,983
Median Lot Size
5,662 Sq Ft
% Renters
50%
Household Income
$39,950
% of College Grads
10.1%
Median Age
39
Average House Size
1,365 Sq Ft
% Commercial Property
17.3%
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Additional Schools in the Area
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- K to 12th
- Private
- 9th to 12th
- Private
- Pre-K to 12th
- Private
Parks in this Area
Shawnee Park
- Baseball/Softball
- Basketball
- Bike Trails
Russell Lee Park
- Picnic Area
- Playground
- Multi-Purpose Field
Chickasaw Park
- Basketball
- Bike Trails
- Golf
Flaget Field Park
- Football
- Trails
- Playground
35th Street Park
- Basketball
- Playground
Elliot Park
- Basketball
- Picnic Area
- Playground
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