RISE Academy

RISE Academy is one of the rural-scale high schools in Florence, Kentucky, operated by Boone County, with 70 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 558 students per school, that is 87% below typical.

Within Boone County, which oversees 27 schools and 20,514 students, RISE Academy is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, RISE Academy shows that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 14% Hispanic, 14% Black, 10% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Boone County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Boone County) logs that median household earnings sit near $99,414, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. RISE Academy is one of 34 public schools in Boone County (combined enrollment of about 22,394 students).

Nearest neighbor: Florence Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RISE Academy.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area. Instruction is delivered virtually rather than at a physical campus, and enrollment crosses district lines.

Looking at the recent track record. RISE Academy's enrollment has fell 66% since 2018, when it stood at 203 (now 70). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 82% to 60%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 6.4:1 in 2025.

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