Russell Independent Alternative School
Russell · KY · Russell Independent · Public · K-12 combined
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Russell Area Technology Center → Boyd Co Career & Tech Educ Ctr Voc Sch → Raceland-Worthington Schools Campus A → Greenup County Area Technology Center → Gateway Children's Services → Morehead Youth Development Center → HOME INSTRUCTION H.S. → Barnabus Home High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 18% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Russell Independent Alternative School compares for families
What families should know about Russell Independent Alternative School.
- ▸ 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: Russell Area Technology Center, Boyd Co Career & Tech Educ Ctr Voc Sch, Raceland-Worthington Schools Campus A and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 18% 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.
🏛️ 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 +17.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Area Technology Center Russell |
Public | 0.0 | — | — |
| Boyd Co Career & Tech Educ Ctr Voc Sch Ashland |
Public | 9.2 | — | — |
| Raceland-Worthington Schools Campus A Ashland |
Public | 4.2 | 4 | — |
| Greenup County Area Technology Center Greenup |
Public | 12.1 | — | — |
| Gateway Children's Services Mount Sterling |
Public | 74.0 | 15 | — |
| Morehead Youth Development Center Morehead |
Public | 47.5 | 13 | — |
| HOME INSTRUCTION H.S. Petersburg |
Public | 58.4 | 12 | — |
| Barnabus Home High School Annville |
Public | 107.5 | 10 | — |