Bluegrass Discovery Academy Middle

Bluegrass Discovery Academy Middle operates as a rural-scale 6-8 campus in Morehead, Kentucky, overseen by Rowan County. Current enrollment sits at 16 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 558 students each, so Bluegrass Discovery Academy Middle sits 97% below that benchmark.

Within Rowan County, which oversees 11 schools and 3,451 students, Bluegrass Discovery Academy Middle is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Bluegrass Discovery Academy Middle records that nearly all students (81%) are White. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 94% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Rowan County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Rowan County) shows that median household earnings sit near $54,321, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Rowan County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,451 students), of which Bluegrass Discovery Academy Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Clearfield Elementary School, around 1.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 6-year window. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at Bluegrass Discovery Academy Middle has ticked up 23%, going from 13 students in 2018 to 16 in 2024. White enrollment moved from 92% to 81% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 in 2024.

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