Kammerer Middle School
East-end resides middle school and the first U.S. NCAC Model Academy
Neighborhood 6–8 · NCAC Model Academy · Ballard feeder · Cubs
- Grades: 6th–8th
- How to get in: Resides + Explore
- School day: 8:40 a.m. start
Kammerer is an east-end resides middle school in the Ballard corridor, not a districtwide magnet. Most students attend because the address is assigned here. It is an Explore Pathways school and, as of June 2025, the first U.S. middle school with National Career Academy Coalition Model Academy status. This guide separates the neighborhood school from the accreditation headline. JCPS Insider is not affiliated with Jefferson County Public Schools.
7315 Wesboro Road · Lyndon / East Jefferson County · Kentucky
Official starting points
- Kammerer's official JCPS page(opens in a new tab)
- JCPS student assignment(opens in a new tab)
- How to apply(opens in a new tab)
- Current Choices Guide(opens in a new tab)
- KDE School Report Card(opens in a new tab)
School Choice:(502) 485-6250schoolchoice@jefferson.kyschools.us
What this school is
Kammerer sits on Wesboro Road in the Lyndon / Ballard High corridor of eastern Jefferson County. It is a neighborhood 6–8 first. JCPS also lists it as an Explore Pathways school. The Choices Guide feeder chart sends Kammerer to Ballard High at 100%.
In June 2025, JCPS announced Kammerer as the first U.S. middle school to earn NCAC Model Academy status for its Explore programming. Pathways are Business and Communication, Engineering and Design, and Healthcare Science. Explore launched here in 2022–23. Families do not apply separately for Explore.
Who runs the building
Shannon Corrigan
Shannon Corrigan is listed as principal on the 2025–26 individual data book, staff directory, athletics site, NCAC announcement, and the August 13, 2026 family safety letter. Brian Aulick is listed as 6th-grade assistant principal. Confirm names on the school site before you write a letter.
School details
- Address
- 7315 Wesboro Road, Louisville, KY 40222
- Phone
- (502) 485-8279
- Official JCPS site
- jefferson.kyschools.us/o/kammerer(opens in a new tab)
- Start: 8:40 a.m. · dismissal near 3:20 p.m.
- Title I: No
- Mascot: Cubs
How families get in
If Kammerer is your resides middle school, you do not submit a magnet application to attend. Fifth-graders already in JCPS move automatically unless they live in a Choice Zone or apply somewhere else. Confirm the address in School Finder.
- Resides assignment: elementary feeders reported include Dunn, Norton, Norton Commons, and King. That list is a starting point — run the current address. The Choices feeder chart sends Kammerer to Ballard High at 100%.
- Explore Pathways are for students who already attend. Families do not apply separately for Explore. NCAC status does not change that.
- Student transfer is a different form and is not guaranteed. Transportation may not be provided.
- Magnet application is for other campuses. Kammerer itself is not a districtwide magnet.
The 2026–27 magnet window for other schools was November 3–December 19, 2025. That window is closed.
Who it tends to fit
A good match when
- Kammerer is your resides school and you want Explore Pathways with a national career-academy stamp, plus band/orchestra and a long sports list, without a lottery.
- Ballard is the high school you already expect.
- East-end commute is already your life.
Think twice when
- You want a Traditional magnet culture (Barret, JCTMS, Johnson) or a whole-school arts campus.
- State scores are the only filter — Kammerer sits mid-pack, not with Crosby or Echo Trail.
- You assumed NCAC accreditation was a magnet application.
Students
Race counts are from the JCPS Individual School Data Book for Kammerer Middle, 2025–26. Headcount is 836. Choices Guide enrollment: 809. Title I: No.
Diversity index
68%
Standard racial/ethnic diversity index using the 2025–26 data-book headcounts (836 students). White students are the largest group, with Black students next.
| Group | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 389 | 47% |
| Black / African American | 220 | 26% |
| Hispanic / Latino | 125 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 59 | 7% |
| Asian | 40 | 5% |
Gender: Not broken out separately in the source data book.
- Choices Guide enrollment 809
- Free lunch 360 · 43%
- Gifted and talented 172 · 21%
- Title I: No
- Start / dismiss: 8:40 a.m. · near 3:20
Academics
Use the Kentucky School Report Card first. These bands are from the school banner figures.
- Reading: 26% proficient, 18% distinguished. Math: 25% proficient, 13% distinguished. Combined P+D is about 44% reading and 38% math.
- Those combined bands sit above Farnsley and Thomas Jefferson in this series and below Crosby and Echo Trail.
- NCAC accreditation is about career-academy practice, not a KSA rank.
- Ask whether drones and student newscasts are the typical week or the showcase week.
Awards and recognition
NCAC Model Academy, 2025
First U.S. middle school with this career-academy accreditation
KMEA Distinguished
Band, choir, and orchestra ratings plus college honor-band selections
Location and daily life
7315 Wesboro Road, 40222 — Lyndon / east Jefferson County, near Ballard High and Brownsboro Road. Hours start at 8:40 a.m.; after-school tutoring is listed at 3:25, which puts dismissal near 3:20.
Programs include the Advance Program, the Distinguished Math Scholar Program, a Youth Services Center open to Kammerer families, and long club and athletics lists — Academic Team, BSU, chess, drama, STLP, and Special Olympics alongside baseball through volleyball, field hockey, golf, swim, and football.
Recent news, in context
June 2025: Kammerer earned NCAC Model Academy status — the first U.S. middle school with that career-academy stamp.
August 13, 2026: before the first bell, the school's weapons-detection system flagged an item in a student's backpack. Staff secured the bag, and JCPS Police responded. The principal's letter to families said the school otherwise ran a normal day.
JCPS posts school-level suspension totals, and those numbers move from year to year. Ask how arrival screening works now, and tour the drone lab and an ordinary Explore classroom on the same visit.
Compare before you commit
- Carrithers MiddleEast-end resides + Explore school and also a VILS lab campus.
- Crosby MiddleEast-county resides middle with stronger published scores.
- Echo Trail MiddleEast-county resides middle with stronger published scores.
- Noe MiddleDistrictwide magnet. Application required.
- Western Middle School for the ArtsDistrictwide arts magnet. Application and audition required.
- Barret / JCTMS / Johnson(opens the official JCPS page in a new tab)Traditional magnets. Structured culture, application required.
Questions to ask on a tour
- 1.Is Kammerer still the resides school for my address?
- 2.What does an Explore week look like in healthcare vs. engineering vs. business?
- 3.Who actually uses the drones and the newscast studio — everyone, or a showcase group?
- 4.How does arrival screening work after August 2026?
- 5.Which high school do most Kammerer eighth-graders actually enter — Ballard or somewhere else?
- 6.What share of students are in Advance or the Distinguished Math Scholar Program?
- 7.How are multilingual learners supported in core classes?
What to do next
- 1.Run your address in School Finder. Confirm the resides school and the Ballard path.
- 2.If Kammerer is your resides school, register if you are new to JCPS. No magnet application is required.
- 3.If you want a Traditional or theme magnet instead, use the current Choices Guide.
- 4.Tour if you can. Ask to see a regular team and an Explore lab on the same visit.
- 5.Complete the Transportation Verification form if you need a bus.
- 6.If you are offered a different school, read the deadline on the letter.