HCS Virtual Academy
Elizabethtown · KY · Hardin County · Public · K-12 combined
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Bluegrass Challenge Academy → Early College and Career Center → Lincoln Trail Behavioral Health Systems → The Life Connection → Meade County College and Career Center → Heritage Park High School → Rivendell High School → Grayson County Area Vocational Ed Center →📋 At a glance
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How HCS Virtual Academy compares for families
What families should know about HCS Virtual Academy.
- ▸ 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: Bluegrass Challenge Academy, Early College and Career Center, Lincoln Trail Behavioral Health Systems and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
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 2.5+ 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 2026-06-14.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +339.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 123 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluegrass Challenge Academy Fort Knox |
Public | 15.5 | 80 | +19.4% |
| Early College and Career Center Elizabethtown |
Public | 0.5 | — | — |
| Lincoln Trail Behavioral Health Systems Radcliff |
Public | 7.0 | 35 | — |
| The Life Connection Sonora |
Public | 15.6 | 26 | — |
| Meade County College and Career Center Brandenburg |
Public | 26.4 | — | — |
| Heritage Park High School Owensboro |
Public | 68.8 | 140 | -45.9% |
| Rivendell High School Bowling Green |
Public | 55.1 | 59 | — |
| Grayson County Area Vocational Ed Center Leitchfield |
Public | 29.2 | — | — |