Morehead Youth Development Center

Morehead Youth Development Center is an one-room-style senior high in Morehead, Kentucky, run under Rowan County. The school works with 15 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 97% leaner than the state mean of about 558.

Across the 11 schools in Rowan County (3,451 students total), Morehead Youth Development Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Morehead Youth Development Center shows that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 40% Black, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 94%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Morehead Youth Development Center has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Rowan County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Rowan County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $54,321 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Rowan County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,451 students), Morehead Youth Development Center is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Rowan County Senior High School, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 114%: 7 students in 2018 compared to 15 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 29% to 40% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 7.0:1 in 2018 to 5.0:1 today.

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