High · Kentucky
The Central Academy
AlternativeFree meals for allThe Central Academy, a public high school in Henderson, Kentucky: grades 6–12, 269 students, 22.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Henderson County.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 269
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.1
- Students per teacher
- 22.2
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
More students per teacher than 93% of high schools in Kentucky
Median 15.5 · 353 schools compared
More students per teacher than 89% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 60% of high schools in Kentucky
Median 450 · 356 schools compared
Smaller than 63% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Kentucky's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Kentucky: 48%Not published: too few students tested.
Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Kentucky: 42%Not published: too few students tested.
Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- District school · Alternative
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Town near a city
- Run by
- Henderson County
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Henderson County.
Location
- Address
- 851 Center Street, Henderson, KY 42420
- Phone
- (270)831-5100
- City or town
- Henderson
- County
- Henderson County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Henderson County High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,852 | 16.8 |
Signature School IncCharter | 9–12 | 384 | 14.2 |
| 9–12 | 1,293 | 17.6 | |
| 9–12 | 158 | 26.3 | |
| 7–12 | 38 | 38.0 | |
William Henry Harrison High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,332 | 15.7 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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