Pleasure Ridge Park High School

Large southwest Louisville Academies of Louisville campus

Resides high school + Academies of Louisville · Health Sciences · Manufacturing, Engineering & Design · Business and Communications · Home of the Panthers · red and black

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

PRP is the large southwest Louisville Academies campus. It is not one of the eight districtwide magnet high schools, and it is not Butler Traditional, the neighborhood rival. If School Finder assigns your address here, that is the resides school. Families elsewhere in the same network can apply as an in-network Academies request; out-of-network is a transfer, not a magnet. Jason Stinson — a PRP business teacher, then academy principal — became executive principal in February 2025. JCPS Insider is not affiliated with Jefferson County Public Schools.

5901 Greenwood Road · Southwest Louisville · Kentucky

Official starting points

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

What this school is

PRP opened in 1958 at 5901 Greenwood Road and is home of the Panthers, in red and black. It is a resides high school and an Academies of Louisville campus — not a districtwide magnet, so there is no districtwide magnet lottery for a seat here. Conway and Farnsley are the listed feeder middle schools, and Butler Traditional is the listed rival.

Every Academies student starts in Freshman Academy. Upperclassmen move into Health Sciences, Manufacturing, Engineering & Design, or Business and Communications. Pathway seats are not automatic. The campus is big — main building, tech building, large gym, E-building, and a fine-arts auditorium, plus Ed Young Stadium.

Who runs the building

Jason Stinson

Jason Stinson was named executive principal effective February 10, 2025. He taught business at PRP and led the Business and Communications academy before the appointment. One KHSAA directory still lists Sheri Duff, which this guide did not treat as settled — confirm athletics contacts on the school site.

School details

Address: 5901 Greenwood Road, Louisville, KY 40258
Phone: (502) 485-8311
Official JCPS site: jefferson.kyschools.us/o/prp(opens in a new tab)

School day: 8:40 a.m.–3:20 p.m.
Title I: Yes
Board district: Trevin Bass · District 4
Listed feeders: Conway · Farnsley
Opened 1958 · Panthers, red and black · Ed Young Stadium

How families get in

Two paths. Path A: School Finder says PRP is the resides high school — register. Path B: you live in the same network and want PRP 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 PRP 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 Butler or Manual.
Tour the academy your child would enter after ninth grade, not only Ed Young Stadium.
Watch the response deadline if a seat is offered.

Buses follow the resides rule

Resides students at PRP 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

PRP is your southwest resides high school.
You want wall-to-wall academies — health, manufacturing and engineering, or business and communications.
A large athletics and fine-arts program matters to your student.

Think twice when

You want Traditional structure and a 7:30 start — that is Butler.
You want IB or a districtwide academic magnet.
You need a guaranteed bus from outside the assignment zone.

Tour the academy, not only the stadium.

Students

Counts come from the JCPS Oct. 1, 2025 enrollment-by-race file: 1,780 students in a building listed at 2,091 optimal capacity. Title I: Yes.

Diversity index

68%

Standard racial/ethnic diversity index calculated from the Oct. 1, 2025 percentages and the 1,780-student headcount. Black and White students are the two largest groups, with Hispanic students next.

Reported race and ethnicity counts for Pleasure Ridge Park High School
Group	Students	Share
Black / African American	714	40%
White	640	36%
Hispanic / Latino	308	17%
Other reported groups	118	7%

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

Headcount 1,780 · Oct. 1, 2025
Listed capacity 2,091
Title I: Yes
School day: 8:40 a.m.–3:20 p.m.
Board district: Trevin Bass · District 4

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: 17% proficient, 3% distinguished — 20% displayed combined.
Math: 12% proficient, 1% distinguished — 13% displayed combined.
That sits below Ballard and Eastern and above Doss and Iroquois in this series.
Athletics and academies are the school's reputation. They are not a reading score.
Ask how a ninth-grader who arrives novice gets taught, in the academy your child would enter.

Awards and recognition

Opened 1958
One of the largest JCPS high schools · Panthers, red and black
Ed Young Stadium
Athletics are real here — ask what a ninth-grader who is not a starter does
Three upperclassman academies
Health Sciences · Manufacturing, Engineering & Design · Business and Communications

Location and daily life

5901 Greenwood Road, 40258 — southwest Louisville. The school day runs 8:40 a.m. to 3:20 p.m.

The campus includes a main building, tech building, large gym, E-building, and fine-arts auditorium. Ask how long the Greenwood Road car line runs at 8:20.

Recent news, in context

January 31, 2025 — JCPS announced Jason Stinson as executive principal effective February 10, 2025.

Enrollment is 1,780 in a building listed at 2,091 seats. A 1,215-student block that circulates in some profile extracts is Seneca, not PRP.

Published reading and math banners sit in the middle of the southwest high schools. Ask what the school is doing about them.

Compare before you commit

Questions to ask on a tour

1.Is this my resides high school, or an in-network Academies request?
2.After Freshman Academy, how does pathway placement actually work?
3.How is reading taught when most tested students are novice or apprentice?
4.Who is the academy principal and counselor for this pathway?
5.Is there a bus if we are in-network but not resides?
6.How long is the Greenwood Road car line at 8:20?
7.What does Panther athletics look like for a ninth-grader who is not a starter?
8.If Butler is our other look, what is actually different in the classroom?
9.If we decline a seat, what is the deadline?
10.If PRP is full, what is the next in-network option?

What to do next

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