W.E.B. DuBois Academy
Louisville · KY · Jefferson County · Public · K-12 combined
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The Phoenix School of Discovery → J. Graham Brown School → Minor Daniels Academy → Liberty High → Newcomer Academy → Home/Hospital → Outside School Day Program → Breckinridge Metropolitan High →At a glance
- Gifted & talented program
- AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How W.E.B. DuBois Academy compares for families
What families should know about W.E.B. DuBois 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: The Phoenix School of Discovery, J. Graham Brown School, Minor Daniels Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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 2.75+ 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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -5.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 477 students:
≈ 124 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 $16,679 per student in district revenue, the 124 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $2,068,196/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Phoenix School of Discovery Louisville |
Public | 7.8 | 222 | +9.9% |
| J. Graham Brown School Louisville |
Public | 6.2 | 261 | +15.0% |
| Minor Daniels Academy Louisville |
Public | 2.4 | 105 | — |
| Liberty High Louisville |
Public | 0.7 | 89 | +56.1% |
| Newcomer Academy Louisville |
Public | 3.8 | 377 | +3.0% |
| Home/Hospital Louisville |
Public | 2.1 | — | — |
| Outside School Day Program Louisville |
Public | 2.1 | — | — |
| Breckinridge Metropolitan High Louisville |
Public | 5.3 | 84 | — |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantW.E.B. DuBois Academy is a public high school in Louisville, KY, enrolling 477 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is down 14% from 2021 to 2024.
It has about 159 students per school counselor.
50% 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 students attend W.E.B. DuBois Academy? W.E.B. DuBois Academy is a public high school in Louisville, KY, enrolling 477 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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