| Atherton High School | |
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3000 Dundee Road , 40205 United States | |
| Coordinates | 38°12′46″N85°41′17″W / 38.21280°N 85.68800°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | "What you do makes a difference." |
| Established | 1924 |
| School district | Jefferson County Public Schools |
| Principal | Stephanie Fluhr |
| Teaching staff | 80.03 (FTE) [1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,496 (2023–2024) [1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 18.69 [1] |
| Color(s) | Maroon and gold [2] |
| Nickname | Ravens [3] [2] |
| Website | www |
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Atherton High School is a public school in the Highlands district of Louisville, Kentucky, United States, and is part of the Jefferson County Public School district. It opened in 1924 [5] as J.M. Atherton High School for Girls at 1418 Morton Avenue. It is named after John McDougal Atherton, [5] a local businessman and politician who was instrumental in changing Louisville's school system administration from trustees to a board of education. The school became coeducational in 1950. [5]
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Atherton moved to its current site in 1962 on the old Ray and Charles Clagett estate and its old premises is now the Jefferson County Traditional Middle School. [6] A new wing was added to the Dundee location in 1992. In 2024, it was announced that Atherton High School is slated to get $54 million worth for upgrades and renovations. [7]
Atherton offers an International Studies Program and an International Baccalaureate (IB) Program. The IB Program is the only one in the city at a public school, and also the only one open to boys (the city's other IB program is at the all-girls' Sacred Heart Academy, a Catholic school). Students also have the option of enrolling in Advanced Placement or Honors classes as well as in the Advanced Placement Program, Exceptional Child Education Program, and English as a Second Language Program.
