2021 College Aid: How Louisville Area Compares In Application Rates

Louisville KY

30 June, 2021

5:12 PM

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LOUISVILLE, KY — Applications for federal college financial aid are notably lower this year, and that could mean fewer freshmen when classes begin this fall. Prospective college students can fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid to qualify for subsidized student loans and other forms of aid. FAFSA applications declined 5.8 percent nationally this year compared with the same time last year. About 1.72 million students completed the application as of June 25, compared with 1.83 million in 2020, according to an Associated Press analysis of FAFSA data. As of February this year, FAFSA applications were down 10 percent from last year. But the completion rate increased in the spring, when schools could hold more in-school FAFSA help events that were canceled last year because of the pandemic. A decline in the FAFSA completion rate could be a harbinger of lower enrollment in the fall. The class of 2020 had 3.7 percent fewer FAFSA applications than the class of 2019; postsecondary enrollment dropped 6.8 percent between the class of 2020 and 2019, according to the National College Attainment Network. In Kentucky, 21,505 FAFSA applications were completed as of June 25, compared with 24,206 completions at the same point last year. That is an 11.2 percent decrease. (See how Louisville area high schools compare below.) The decline is steeper among Title 1 high schools, meaning those where low-income students make up at least 40 percent of enrollment. Title 1 high school completions dropped 8.83 percent, compared with a 3.86 decrease for non-Title 1 schools. In Kentucky, completed applications dropped 13.1 percent from Title 1 schools, compared with a 5.8 percent drop for non-Title 1 school applications as of June 25. Here is how schools in the Louisville area are doing with FAFSA completion as of June 25. See more Louisville area high schools here. Note: Percent changes can be affected by a relatively small difference in completions, especially for smaller schools. FAFSA data only counts students who are no older than 19. School: Dupont Manual High District: Jefferson County Municipality: Louisville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 392 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 404 Percent change: -2.97 Title 1 status: Not Title I schoolwide School: Louisville Male High District: Jefferson County Municipality: Louisville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 333 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 349 Percent change: -4.58 Title 1 status: Not Title I schoolwide School: Eastern High District:Jefferson County Municipality: Middletown Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 323 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 276 Percent change: 17.03 Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: Ballard High District:Jefferson County Municipality: Louisville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 244 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 242 Percent change: 0.83 Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: Atherton High District:Jefferson County Municipality: Louisville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 201 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 226 Percent change: -11.06 Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide School: Butler Traditional High District:Jefferson County Municipality: Louisville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 188 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 214 Percent change: -12.15Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide School: Central High Magnet Career Academy District:Jefferson County Municipality: Louisville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 179 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 176 Percent change: 1.7 Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide School: Fern Creek High District:Jefferson County Municipality: Louisville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 173 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 192 Percent change: -9.9Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide School: Pleasure Ridge Park High District:Jefferson County Municipality: Louisville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 144 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 160 Percent change: -10Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide School: Southern High District:Jefferson County Municipality: Louisville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 104 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 83 Percent change: 25.3Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide School: Seneca High District:Jefferson County Municipality: Louisville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 95 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 134 Percent change: -29.1Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide School: Fairdale High District:Jefferson County Municipality: Fairdale Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 87 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 135 Percent change: -35.56Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide School: Marion C. Moore School District:Jefferson County Municipality: Louisville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 87 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 109 Percent change: -20.18Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide School: Jeffersontown High District:Jefferson County Municipality: Jeffersontown Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 81 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 82 Percent change: -1.22Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide School: Waggener High District:Jefferson County Municipality: Louisville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 71 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 77 Percent change: -7.79Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide School: Doss High District:Jefferson County Municipality: Louisville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 55 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 98 Percent change: -43.88Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide School: Valley High District:Jefferson County Municipality: Louisville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 54 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 77 Percent change: -29.87Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide School: Iroquois High District:Jefferson County Municipality: Louisville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 51 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 81 Percent change: -37.04Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide School: J. Graham Brown School District:Jefferson County Municipality: Louisville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 42 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 36 Percent change: 16.67Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: Jefferson County High District:Jefferson County Municipality: Louisville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 39 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 57 Percent change: -31.58Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide School: The Academy @ Shawnee District:Jefferson County Municipality: Louisville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 25 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 35 Percent change: -28.57Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide School: Western High District:Jefferson County Municipality: Louisville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 23 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 64 Percent change: -64.06Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide School: The Phoenix School Of Discovery District:Jefferson County Municipality: Louisville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 16 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 10 Percent change: 60Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide The FAFSA application for the 2020-21 academic year closes June 30 at 11:59 p.m. CT, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Many states and colleges set their own deadlines for aid applications. There has been a push in recent years to have students fill out the FAFSA earlier in their senior year. Editor's note: This list was automatically generated using FAFSA data analyzed by the Associated Press. Federal high school counts don't include students over the age of 19. Information isn't available for all schools. Schools with fewer than five completions are omitted from the data. Please report any errors or other feedback to [email protected].