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Jackson City School → Owsley County High School → Leslie County Area Technology Center → Cordia School → Clay County Area Technology Center → Lee County Middle High School → Hazard High School → Learning Academy →At a glance
- 18 AP courses offered — Strong
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- Gifted & talented program
- AP rigor: 58th percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 34% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 95% in 2019 (75th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Buckhorn School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 58th percentile nationally with 18 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyKY sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Jackson City School, Owsley County High School, Leslie County Area Technology Center and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
58th percentile nationally
Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 34% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
75th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
University of Kentucky
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $18,851/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Pay for college in Kentucky
Kentucky's public scholarships
Kentucky's KEES award is unusual: you bank money every year you keep your grades up, then add a one-time test bonus. No income limit on the base or test award.
Kentucky banks a scholarship for each year you keep a 2.75+ GPA — bigger for higher GPAs — plus a one-time ACT/SAT bonus. (Free/reduced-lunch students can add AP/IB supplements.)
Official program details ↗Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-10-21.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -0.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 320 students:
≈ 2 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $14,563 per student in district revenue, the 2 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $29,126/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson City School Jackson |
Public | 15.1 | 81 | -3.6% |
| Owsley County High School Booneville |
Public | 13.9 | 177 | -12.8% |
| Leslie County Area Technology Center Hyden |
Public | 14.8 | — | — |
| Cordia School Hazard |
Public | 20.5 | 63 | -20.3% |
| Clay County Area Technology Center Manchester |
Public | 17.9 | — | — |
| Lee County Middle High School Beattyville |
Public | 20.7 | 243 | -6.5% |
| Hazard High School Hazard |
Public | 17.3 | 301 | +14.9% |
| Learning Academy Hazard |
Public | 15.0 | 38 | — |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantBuckhorn School is a public high school in Buckhorn, KY, enrolling 320 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
It offers 18 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 58% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
35 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 34% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 95% in the latest EDFacts release.
92% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many AP courses does Buckhorn School offer? Buckhorn School offers 18 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 58% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
What is Buckhorn School's graduation rate? Buckhorn School's federal four-year graduation rate was about 95% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Buckhorn School? Buckhorn School is a public high school in Buckhorn, KY, enrolling 320 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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