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Doss High School

Southwest Louisville Academies of Louisville high school

Resides high school + Academies of Louisville · Health Sciences · TEC · Business and Education · Home of the Dragons

  • Grades: 9th–12th
  • How to get in: Resides or in-network Academies request
  • School day: 8:40 a.m.–3:20 p.m.

Doss is a southwest Louisville Academies of Louisville high school. It is not one of the eight districtwide magnet high schools. If School Finder assigns your address here, that is the resides school. A family already in Doss's network can apply as an in-network Academies choice; a family outside that network uses the JCPS transfer process, not a magnet application. Dr. Joseph Ellison, III became executive principal on July 1, 2026. JCPS Insider is not affiliated with Jefferson County Public Schools.

7601 St. Andrews Church Road · Southwest Louisville · Kentucky

Official starting points

School Choice:(502) 485-6250schoolchoice@jefferson.kyschools.us

What this school is

Doss sits at 7601 St. Andrews Church Road and is home of the Dragons. It is a resides high school and a wall-to-wall Academies of Louisville campus — not a districtwide magnet, so there is no districtwide magnet lottery for a seat here. Stuart is the listed feeder middle school.

Every Academies student starts in Freshman Academy. Upperclassmen move into Health Sciences, the TEC Academy, or Business and Education. Pathway seats are not automatic, so ask counseling how placement works before you count on a specific pathway.

Who runs the building

Dr. Joseph Ellison, III

Dr. Joseph Ellison, III became executive principal on July 1, 2026, coming from assistant superintendent of high schools. The 2025–26 school profile still names Julie Chancellor, who ran the building that year. Academy principals listed are Troy Duncan (Freshman Academy), Dr. Leila Martinez (Business and Education), Ken Christian (Health Science), and Dr. Shawn Hinds (TEC Academy).

Ellison's public pitch is Diploma+ — a diploma plus a college or workforce plan. Ask what that looks like in the academy your child would enter this year.

School details

Address
7601 St. Andrews Church Road, Louisville, KY 40214
  • School day: 8:40 a.m.–3:20 p.m.
  • Title I: Yes
  • Board district: Trevin Bass · District 4
  • Listed feeder: Stuart
  • Dragons

How families get in

Two paths. Path A: School Finder says Doss is the resides high school — register. Path B: you live in the same network and want Doss instead of your assigned school — apply as an in-network Academies request. Out-of-network is a transfer, not a magnet.

  • Run School Finder. Write down the resides high school and the network.
  • If Doss is the resides school, register. New-to-JCPS families still complete district registration.
  • If it is in-network but not resides, apply as an Academies request — not as you would for Manual or Central.
  • Tour during the academic day and ask to see the academy your child would enter after ninth grade.
  • Watch the response deadline if a seat is offered.

Buses follow the resides rule

  • Resides students at Doss are in the regular high-school transportation system.
  • An in-network Academies seat does not automatically get a magnet bus. Confirm 2026–27 on the Transportation Verification form.

Official 2027–28 application window: November 2, 2026 through December 18, 2026.

Who it tends to fit

A good match when

  • Doss is your southwest resides high school.
  • You want wall-to-wall academies — health, TEC, or business and education.
  • A new executive principal and a Diploma+ push are things you want to watch closely.

Think twice when

  • You need high published proficiency bands.
  • You want a districtwide magnet such as Manual, Male, or Central.
  • You need a guaranteed bus from outside the assignment zone.

Tour the academy, not the pledge.

Students

Counts come from the JCPS Oct. 1, 2025 enrollment file: 1,213 students in a building listed at 1,705 optimal capacity. The grade file shows 314 / 316 / 303 / 275 plus 5 in grade 14. Multilingual learners: 333 (27%). Title I: Yes. Head counts below are calculated from the published percentages.

Diversity index

67%

Standard racial/ethnic diversity index calculated from the Oct. 1, 2025 percentages and the 1,213-student headcount. Black students are the largest group, with Hispanic students next.

Reported race and ethnicity counts for Doss High School
GroupStudentsShare
Black / African American57047%
Hispanic / Latino34028%
White20617%
Other reported groups978%

Gender: Not broken out separately in this guide's sources.

  • Headcount 1,213 · Oct. 1, 2025
  • Listed capacity 1,705
  • Multilingual learners 333 (27%)
  • Title I: Yes
  • School day: 8:40 a.m.–3:20 p.m.

Academics

Use the Kentucky School Report Card first. These are the school's live banners; the official combined P+D cell was not treated as settled if it differs from adding them.

  • Reading: 8% proficient, 1% distinguished — 9% displayed combined.
  • Math: 5% proficient, 1% distinguished — 6% displayed combined.
  • These are among the lowest published high-school banners in JCPS. Most tested students are novice or apprentice.
  • Academies language is not a substitute for asking how a ninth-grader who arrives novice gets taught to read.
  • With 333 multilingual learners, ask how ELD is staffed in your child's grade.

Awards and recognition

  • Wall-to-wall academies

    Health Sciences, TEC, and Business and Education

  • July 1, 2026

    Dr. Joseph Ellison, III began as executive principal

Program credentials and leadership announcements are not test results. Ask what changed in the classroom.

Location and daily life

7601 St. Andrews Church Road, 40214 — southwest Louisville. The school day runs 8:40 a.m. to 3:20 p.m.

Ask how long the St. Andrews Church Road car line runs at 8:20, and whether there is a bus if you are in-network but not resides.

Recent news, in context

June 1, 2026 — JCPS named Dr. Joseph Ellison, III executive principal effective July 1, 2026. Julie Chancellor ran the 2025–26 profile year, so ask how the handoff looks in the academy you are touring.

Enrollment is 1,213 in a building listed at 1,705 seats. A 1,918-student block that circulates in some profile extracts is duPont Manual, not Doss.

Published reading and math banners are among the lowest in the district. That is the number to ask about first on a tour.

Compare before you commit

Questions to ask on a tour

  1. 1.Is this my resides high school, or an in-network Academies request?
  2. 2.Who is running the building this year, in Ellison's first year?
  3. 3.After Freshman Academy, how does pathway placement actually work?
  4. 4.How is reading taught when almost every tested student is novice or apprentice?
  5. 5.What does Diploma+ look like in this academy?
  6. 6.Is there a bus if we are in-network but not resides?
  7. 7.How long is the St. Andrews Church Road car line at 8:20?
  8. 8.How do I reach the academy principal and counselor for this pathway?
  9. 9.With 333 multilingual learners, how is ELD staffed in this grade?
  10. 10.If we decline a seat, what is the deadline?

What to do next

  1. 1.Run your address through the district's School Finder and write down the resides high school and network.
  2. 2.If Doss is the resides school, register — no Academies application is needed.
  3. 3.If it is in-network but not resides, apply as an Academies request in the JCPS window.
  4. 4.Read the current High School Choices Guide pages for Doss before you apply.
  5. 5.Tour during the academic day and see the academy, not only the main office.
  6. 6.Complete the Transportation Verification form if you need a bus, and watch the response deadline on any offer.

Last checked: September 2026. When this page and JCPS disagree, use JCPS. JCPS Insider is not affiliated with Jefferson County Public Schools.