Ridge Hospital Alt. High School
Lexington · KY · Fayette County · Public · K-12 combined
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Eastside Technical Center → Martin L King Acad for Excellence Alt → Henry Clay High School → Carter G. Woodson Academy → Tates Creek High School → Frederick Douglass High School → Sphinx Academy → Lexington Christian Academy →📋 At a glance
- Program details not reported to CRDC
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 24% (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Ridge Hospital Alt. High School compares for families
What families should know about Ridge Hospital Alt. High 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: Eastside Technical Center, Martin L King Acad for Excellence Alt, Henry Clay High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
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.
🏛️ 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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -13.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 11 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastside Technical Center Lexington |
Public | 1.5 | — | — |
| Martin L King Acad for Excellence Alt Lexington |
Public | 1.5 | 131 | +4.8% |
| Henry Clay High School Lexington |
Public | 1.6 | 1,933 | -5.9% |
| Carter G. Woodson Academy Lexington |
Public | 2.4 | 156 | +20.0% |
| Tates Creek High School Lexington |
Public | 2.4 | 1,717 | +1.3% |
| Frederick Douglass High School Lexington |
Public | 2.5 | 1,765 | +12.4% |
| Sphinx Academy Lexington |
Private | 2.7 | 29 | — |
| Lexington Christian Academy Lexington |
Private | 2.8 | 1,190 | — |