Woodsbend Youth Development Center

Woodsbend Youth Development Center is a small high school found in West Liberty, Kentucky. Enrollment is 23 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 12. The average for high schools in Kentucky is about 558 students, so this school is 96% smaller than average.

Woodsbend Youth Development Center is part of Morgan County, where 8 schools serve 1,769 students.

Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at Woodsbend Youth Development Center, at 48%. The rest of enrollment is 30% White, 17% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Among all residents of Morgan County, the Black share is about 5%.

Staffing totals 3.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 7.3:1. On average, high schools in Kentucky have 16.6:1, compared with 7.3:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Woodsbend Youth Development Center is 70%.

County data help place the school in context: in Morgan County, the median household income is $47,913, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Morgan County is home to 10 public schools and about 1,769 public school students.

Morgan County Middle School is the public school closest to Woodsbend Youth Development Center, about 3.2 miles away. There are 4 other public schools within five miles.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.

Enrollment was 11 in 2020-21 and 23 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. By 2024-25, the school had 7.3 students per teacher, compared with 2.8 in 2020-21.

Community posts for Woodsbend Youth Development Center can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.