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Johnson County Eagle Academy

Public, Virtual, Alternative Grades K-12
244th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 254 Kentucky Alternative Schools
Better than 4% of Kentucky alternative schools
Summary

Johnson County Eagle Academy is an alternative public virtual school located in Paintsville, Kentucky, serving grades K-12 with a total enrollment of 149 students. The school is part of the Johnson County School District, which is ranked 30th out of 157 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite the school's relatively low academic performance on standardized tests compared to the surrounding district and state, Johnson County Eagle Academy has maintained consistently high four-year graduation rates, ranging from 92.2% to 98.2% in recent years. This is significantly higher than the Johnson County district's graduation rates, which were around 55-62% during the same period. However, the school has relatively high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 25.0% to 43.5% in recent years, which is notably higher than the Johnson County district average of 28-35%.

The high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at Johnson County Eagle Academy, ranging from 77.85% to 84.89% in recent years, is significantly higher than the nearby Renaissance Learning Center, which had 83.85% free or reduced-price lunch recipients in 2023-2024. Additionally, Johnson County Eagle Academy has a relatively high student-teacher ratio, ranging from 48.8 to 52.4 in recent years, compared to the much lower ratio of 9.2 at the Renaissance Learning Center in 2023-2024.

160
Students ?
52.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
81.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 257 North Mayo Trail
       Paintsville, KY  41240

(606) 789-2077

District: Johnson County

Racial breakdown:

White:
98.1%
African American:
0.6%
Hispanic:
0.6%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2015 → 4th in 2025
Strengths
✓98% graduate in 4 years — above the Kentucky average (92%)
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Kentucky average (13% vs 38% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)
!Social Studies scores 31 pts below the Kentucky average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school13%
District avg46%
Kentucky avg38%
244th of 254
Kentucky public high schools ?
Bottom 4%▬ steady since 2015
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
30th of 157Johnson County among Kentucky districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20253.5244 of 2543.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.3259 of 29010.7%★☆☆☆☆
20235.9258 of 2766.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.2255 of 2715.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.0251 of 2676.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20153.5282 of 2954.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202213.8147 of 1533.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20250.8237 of 2390.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.9242 of 2617.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.1246 of 2532.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.9244 of 2523.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20255.5234 of 2423.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.9234 of 27414.6%★☆☆☆☆
202310.8246 of 2729.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.3246 of 2667.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202510.1225 of 2395.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.6240 of 2628.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.8244 of 2595.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.5239 of 2577.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202554.426 of 8669.8%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20252.3247 of 2511.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.4257 of 2735.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.9255 of 2643.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.5252 of 2603.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.8201 of 2031.0%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Middle school
Female (2022)7th percentile+4 vs school
White (2022)2nd percentile~ school
High school
Special Education (2025)70th percentile+66 vs school
Male (2025)6th percentile~ school
Disabled (2022)4th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)3rd percentile~ school
White (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Female (2025)1st percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs Kentucky (2024-2025) ?
Reading21%-26 vs state
Editing and Mechanics16%-25 vs state
Mathematics12%-29 vs state
Science7%-15 vs state
Social Studies7%-31 vs state

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Students at Johnson County Eagle Academy are 98% White.

Johnson County Eagle Academy ranks in the bottom 3.9% of Kentucky alternative schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 160 students attended Johnson County Eagle Academy.


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