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Knight Middle School

South Louisville resides middle school on Blue Lick Road

Neighborhood 6–8 · not a magnet application · Advance Program, STEM electives, band and orchestra · CSI · bottom 5% statewide

  • Grades: 6th–8th
  • How to get in: Resides assignment
  • School day: 7:30 a.m.–2:10 p.m.

Knight is a south Louisville resides middle school, not a Traditional magnet and not a districtwide magnet program. If School Finder assigns your address here, a current JCPS fifth-grader generally does not file a magnet application. Choices lists an Advance Program, STEM electives, and a large multilingual-learner population. The school is also identified as CSI and in the bottom 5% statewide, and this guide keeps both facts on the page. JCPS Insider is not affiliated with Jefferson County Public Schools.

9803 Blue Lick Road · South Louisville / Okolona · Kentucky

Official starting points

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

What this school is

Knight sits at 9803 Blue Lick Road in south Louisville. It is a neighborhood 6–8 school. There is no magnet application for Knight itself — if it is your resides school, you register. The school profile carries a KDE rating of Orange / Level 2, and the 2025–26 CSIP identifies Knight as CSI; KDE's roster lists it under bottom 5%.

Current Choices lists the Advance Program and gifted and talented services, STEM electives including robotics, virtual-reality coding, and 3D printing, plus band, orchestra, choir, visual art, Spanish, and financial literacy. Choices says students speak more than 14 languages. Clubs run from Anime and archery to e-sports, crochet, Knight Kindness, Men of Quality, robotics, and STLP; athletics include cheer, basketball, dance, flag and tackle football, soccer, track, and volleyball.

Who runs the building

Christel Todd-Lanier

Christel Todd-Lanier is listed as principal. Assistant principals listed are Ebony Booker, Janae Crossland, and Kate Stiglitz, with Kristin Johnson as FRYSC coordinator. Grade-level assignments for the assistant principals are not treated as settled here. Confirm on the school site before you write a letter.

School details

Address
9803 Blue Lick Road, Louisville, KY 40229
  • School day: 7:30 a.m.–2:10 p.m.
  • Title I: Yes
  • Board district: Gail Logan Strange · District 5
  • KDE rating on the profile: Orange / Level 2 · CSIP status CSI

How families get in

If School Finder says Knight is the resides middle school, a current JCPS fifth-grader generally does not file a magnet application. You register. If you want a different middle school, you apply in the JCPS window for a magnet or Traditional magnet — Knight itself is not that application.

  • Run School Finder. Write down the resides middle school.
  • If Knight is the resides school and you plan to attend, register.
  • New-to-JCPS families register first, then complete any school application that applies.
  • If you do not want Knight, apply for a magnet or Traditional magnet during the window.
  • Tour Blue Lick Road during the academic day. A 7:30 start means an early visit.

Buses follow the resides rule

  • Students attending their resides middle school are in the regular transportation system.
  • Leaving Knight for a magnet does not automatically keep the same 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

  • Knight is your south Louisville resides middle school.
  • You want a 7:30 campus with the Advance Program, band, and STEM electives.
  • You will ask hard questions about reading instruction and ELD staffing on the tour.

Think twice when

  • You need high published proficiency.
  • You want Traditional structure or a districtwide magnet theme.
  • You assumed robotics or the Advance Program was a separate application.

Students

Counts come from the named Knight data book and the Oct. 1, 2025 file: 767 students in a building listed at 812 optimal capacity — about 94% of listed seats. Multilingual learners: 251. Gifted and talented: 88. Choices still prints an older 800 snapshot. Title I: Yes.

Diversity index

71%

Standard racial/ethnic diversity index using the named 767-student Knight row. Hispanic students are the largest group, with White and Black students close behind.

Reported race and ethnicity counts for Knight Middle School
GroupStudentsShare
Hispanic / Latino30139%
White20226%
Black / African American20126%
Two or more races375%
Asian223%

Gender: Not broken out separately in the source data book.

  • Headcount 767 · named data book and Oct. 1, 2025 file
  • Listed capacity 812 · about 94% of seats
  • Multilingual learners 251 · gifted and talented 88
  • Title I: Yes
  • School day 7:30 a.m.–2:10 p.m.

Academics

Use the Kentucky School Report Card first. These figures match the official 2024–25 accountability table labeled Knight Middle and the school's own banners.

  • Reading: 18% proficient, 5% distinguished — 23% official combined P+D.
  • Math: 14% proficient, 2% distinguished — 16% official combined P+D.
  • The school's CSIP uses older 27% and 18% starting points for its 2030 goals, so numbers there may not match the current table.
  • Knight is identified as CSI, listed by KDE under bottom 5%. MRI is a separate designation and is not marked for Knight.
  • Robotics and iPads are not a reading score. Ask how a sixth-grader who arrives novice gets taught.

Awards and recognition

  • STEM electives

    Robotics, virtual-reality coding, and 3D printing listed in Choices

  • Advance Program and gifted services

    88 students identified as gifted and talented

Location and daily life

9803 Blue Lick Road, 40229 — south Louisville near Okolona. The day runs 7:30 a.m. to 2:10 p.m., so tour the Blue Lick Road car line at 7:10.

With 251 multilingual learners and more than 14 languages listed in Choices, ask specifically how English language development is staffed in the grade your child would enter.

Recent news, in context

Knight's 2025–26 CSIP identifies the school as CSI, and KDE's roster lists it under bottom 5%.

The school profile carries a KDE rating of Orange / Level 2.

The 2027–28 magnet window for other schools runs November 2 through December 18, 2026.

Compare before you commit

Questions to ask on a tour

  1. 1.Is this my resides middle school, or am I applying somewhere else?
  2. 2.How is reading taught when official combined P+D is 23%?
  3. 3.There are 251 multilingual learners — who staffs ELD in this grade?
  4. 4.Who qualifies for the Advance Program?
  5. 5.What does the robotics or 3D-printing class actually look like?
  6. 6.How long is the Blue Lick Road car line at 7:10?
  7. 7.How do I reach the grade-level assistant principal and counselor?
  8. 8.Which high school does this address feed?
  9. 9.If we do not want Knight, what is the magnet deadline?
  10. 10.If we decline another seat, what is the deadline?

What to do next

  1. 1.Run your address in School Finder and confirm the resides middle school.
  2. 2.If Knight is the resides school, register — no magnet application is required.
  3. 3.If you want a magnet or Traditional magnet instead, apply during the window.
  4. 4.Complete the Transportation Verification form if you need a bus.
  5. 5.Tour during the academic day and ask about reading instruction and ELD staffing.

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