National Register of Historic Places

Most Blessed Sacrament School

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Listed
February 11, 2011
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
11000008

About this property

There are or have been over thirty Catholic elementary schools within the Archdiocese of Louisville. Ascension Elementary School serves grades PreK-8 within the Archdiocese of Louisville. Sports teams compete under the title "The Ascension Longhorns". The school won the 2019 Department of Education Blue Ribbon Award. The school is in the St. Regis Park neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky currently serves about 370 students with 35 teachers plus supporting staff. It teaches the core curriculum, in addition to art, music, computer, Physical Education and Spanish classes. Opened in 1927 on Poplar Level Road. Holy Family School closed May 30, 2014 due to declining enrollment and increasing parish costs. Holy Spirit Parish School was founded in 1937. In 2007 and again in 2014, Holy Spirit was honored as a Blue Ribbon School. Holy Trinity Parish School is a two time nationally recognized Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education. As a Catholic school, it serves boys and girls of all faiths, races, and national backgrounds from pre-kindergarten through the eighth grade. Founded in 1883, Holy Trinity Parish School remains associated with Holy Trinity Parish and a school within the Archdiocese of Louisville. This school was created in 2006 by the merger of St. Barnabas Elementary School, St. Bartholomew Elementary School, and St. Pius X Elementary School. The school is one of the smallest in the Archdiocese of Louisville, with only around 300 students. In 2015, St. Barnabas and St. Plus X merged to become St. John Paul II Parish, while St. Bartholomew still exists as a separate parish. A K–8 school located in St. Matthews, recognized as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 2008. The school was named after Trappist monk and author Thomas Merton. The kindergarten through eighth grade school closed in 2003. Located at Saint Agnes Catholic Community on Newburg Road; named a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 1999, 2005, 2014, and 2020. Located at St. Albert the Great Parish on Girard Drive. in eastern Jefferson County. St. Albert won its first championship in the '60s. This school is also top ranked in all CA schools, and they go from preschool all the way to the 8th grade. School created in 2005 by the merger of Our Lady of Consolation Elementary School, St. Clement Elementary School, and St. Polycarp Elementary School. Located at St. Athanasius Parish on the Outer Loop in southeast Jefferson County. Located at Saint Bernard Parish in the Highview area of southeast Jefferson County. Located at Saint Edward Catholic Community in Jeffersontown. Located in The Highlands, more specifically the Deer Park neighborhood. The school has been named a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence twice; once in 2016, and later in 2022.

Location

1128 Berry Blvd.
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
38.19796, -85.78179

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Most Blessed Sacrament School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 11, 2011.

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Most Blessed Sacrament School is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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