Ad Astra Alternative Academy

Located at 1800 E. 23rd Ave., in Hutchinson, Kansas, Ad Astra Alternative Academy is an one-room-style high school that hosts 11 students (grades 7 through 12), operated by Buhler. That puts it 97% below the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 410 students.

Buhler comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,512 students; Ad Astra Alternative Academy is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ad Astra Alternative Academy logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%); the rest consists of 9% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Ad Astra Alternative Academy higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 55% of students at Ad Astra Alternative Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Around the school, census data for Reno County shows median household income runs about $60,645, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Reno County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,909 students), Ad Astra Alternative Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ad Astra Virtual Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-based site.

On this page, the feed for Ad Astra Alternative Academy typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.