Hugh C. Spalding Academy

Hugh C. Spalding Academy is a small school serving multiple grade levels serving families in Lebanon, Kentucky. It reports enrollment of 164 students in kindergarten through 12.

The district, Marion County, operates 8 schools serving 3,036 students.

A large majority of enrollment at Hugh C. Spalding Academy is White, at 82%. After that, the student body is 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 32%.

Hugh C. Spalding Academy has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 54.7:1. The gap from the 17.7:1 average for combined schools in Kentucky is 37.0 students per teacher. At Hugh C. Spalding Academy, 43% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 59% average for public schools in Marion County is 16 points.

The county, Marion County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $59,627 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Marion County has 9 public schools with about 3,036 students, including Hugh C. Spalding Academy.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Marion County High School, is about 0.1 miles. There are 5 other public schools within five miles.

NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area. Hugh C. Spalding Academy is classified as a virtual school.

Enrollment was 99 in 2020-21 and 164 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. The ratio was 49.5:1 in 2020-21 and 54.7:1 in 2024-25.

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