Wayne County Learning Academy

Located at 1025 South Main Street, in Monticello, Kentucky, Wayne County Learning Academy is a rural-scale senior high that serves 26 students (grades 6 through 12), operated by Wayne County. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 558 students each, so Wayne County Learning Academy sits 95% smaller than that benchmark.

Wayne County runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,058 students. Wayne County Learning Academy is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Wayne County Learning Academy logs that 77% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Wayne County Learning Academy logs 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Wayne County Learning Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate median household earnings sit near $45,739, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wayne County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,058 students), of which Wayne County Learning Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Wayne County Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-center site. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wayne County Learning Academy has increased 44%, going from 18 students in 2018 to 26 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 100% to 77% across the same window.

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