McLean County Alternative Center
Calhoun · KY · McLean County · Public
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McLean County High School → Apollo High School → Heritage Park High School → The Center for Academic Improvement → Grace Baptist School → Owensboro Innovation Academy → Daviess County High School → Valor Traditional Academy →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 4% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How McLean County Alternative Center compares for families
What families should know about McLean County Alternative Center.
- ▸ 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: McLean County High School, Apollo High School, Heritage Park 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 4% 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
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
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 -48.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLean County High School Calhoun |
Public | 1.7 | 427 | -2.3% |
| Apollo High School Owensboro |
Public | 14.5 | 1,263 | -12.4% |
| Heritage Park High School Owensboro |
Public | 15.0 | 140 | -45.9% |
| The Center for Academic Improvement Owensboro |
Public | 15.0 | 13 | — |
| Grace Baptist School Madisonville |
Private | 15.4 | 89 | -23.3% |
| Owensboro Innovation Academy Owensboro |
Public | 15.9 | — | — |
| Daviess County High School Owensboro |
Public | 16.2 | 1,746 | +0.5% |
| Valor Traditional Academy Louisville |
Private | 16.5 | 116 | -10.8% |