Russell Independent Alternative School
Russell · KY · Russell Independent · Public · K-12 combined
📋 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, Russell High School, Fairview High School 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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +15.9%/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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Area Technology Center Russell |
Public | 0.0 | — | — |
| Russell High School Russell |
Public | 0.1 | 609 | -8.0% |
| Fairview High School Ashland |
Public | 2.7 | 170 | -26.7% |
| Raceland-Worthington High School Raceland |
Public | 2.8 | 310 | +3.7% |
| Raceland-Worthington Schools Campus B Ashland |
Public | 3.3 | 20 | — |
| Holy Family School Ashland |
Private | 3.8 | 130 | +23.8% |
| Rose Hill Christian School Ashland |
Private | 4.2 | 130 | +3.2% |
| Raceland-Worthington Schools Campus A Ashland |
Public | 4.2 | 4 | — |