Grayson Co. Alternative Education

Grayson Co. Alternative Education is a high school of rural-scale scale in Leitchfield, Kentucky, one of the schools within Grayson County, works with 19 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 97% below the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 558 students.

Grayson County comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,030 students; Grayson Co. Alternative Education is among them.

On demographics, Grayson Co. Alternative Education shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Grayson County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Grayson Co. Alternative Education higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Grayson County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Grayson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $50,757 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Grayson County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,030 students), Grayson Co. Alternative Education is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Grayson County High School, around 0.0 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Grayson Co. Alternative Education's enrollment has increased 280% since 2018, when it stood at 5 (now 19). The Black share of enrollment contracted from 20% to 0% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 5.0:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.

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