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Hugh C. Spalding Academy

Public, Virtual, Alternative Grades K-12
248th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 262 Kentucky Alternative Schools
Better than 5% of Kentucky alternative schools
Summary

Hugh C. Spalding Academy is a K–12 alternative school in Lebanon, Kentucky, serving 164 students in Marion County. The most concerning available indicator is chronic absenteeism: in 2025–2026, it was 47%, compared with 19% in the district and 24% statewide—28 percentage points above the district and 23 above the state.

Reported test scores are below district and state results, while graduation is closer to the state rate. In 2025–2026, grade 11 Social Studies proficiency was 9%, versus 40% in the district and 37% statewide; grade 10 Reading was 24%, versus 43% and 49%. In 2023–2024, the graduation rate was 92%, matching the state’s 92% and coming in 5 points below the district’s 97%. No other schools are listed within 20 miles, and the supplied information does not include the school’s SchoolDigger rank or star rating; many other school test results are suppressed.

Results over time are mixed rather than showing broad improvement: grade 11 ACT Mathematics rose from 0% to 3% between 2022–2023 and 2023–2024, while ACT Reading fell from 21% to 15% and KSA Editing and Mechanics fell from 21% to 8%. Grade 10 KSA Reading rose from 20% in 2023–2024 to 24% in 2025–2026. The recorded student-teacher ratio declined from 133 in 2022–2023 to 54.6 in 2024–2025. Free/reduced lunch eligible enrollment was 43% in 2024–2025, down from 76% the year before; these figures describe reported measures, not what caused changes in results. For district context, SchoolDigger ranks Marion County 36th of 158 districts, at the 77th percentile, with 4 stars; this is the district’s rating, not the school’s.

164
Students ?
54.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,003
Per pupil spending ?
43.3%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 721 E. Main St.
       Lebanon, KY  40033

(270) 692-0690

District: Marion County

Racial breakdown:

White:
81.7%
Hispanic:
8.5%
Two or more races:
4.9%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 9th percentile in 2019 → 5th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Kentucky average (16% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (47% vs 24% Kentucky)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school16%
District avg45%
Kentucky avg41%
248th of 262
Kentucky public high schools ?
Bottom 5%▼ down 4 pts since 2019
From bottom 9% (2019) to bottom 5% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
36th of 158Marion 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)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20264.3248 of 2625.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.7272 of 2906.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.8251 of 2769.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.5253 of 2716.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.3260 of 2672.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.0258 of 2859.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20262.8237 of 2442.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.3238 of 2618.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.5238 of 2535.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.1238 of 2525.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.1233 of 2361.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.5241 of 2493.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20249.4255 of 2746.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.9251 of 2727.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.9249 of 2666.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.3237 of 2546.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20243.7256 of 2622.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.8240 of 2597.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.4253 of 2571.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.8232 of 2382.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.1236 of 2516.0%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20264.3243 of 2534.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.8263 of 2733.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.2251 of 2644.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20222.8255 of 2601.9%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Low Socio Economic Status (2024)7th percentile~ school
White (2026)4th percentile~ school
Female (2026)3rd percentile~ school
Male (2024)2nd percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs Kentucky (2025-2026) ?
Reading24%-24 vs state
Social Studies9%-29 vs state

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Hugh C. Spalding Academy ranks in the bottom 5.3% of Kentucky alternative schools.

Students at Hugh C. Spalding Academy are 82% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 4% African American.

In the 2024-25 school year, 164 students attended Hugh C. Spalding Academy.

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2024–25 school spending dataNewOct 15, 2026
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2024–25 KSA test scoresOct 30, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kentucky Department of Education.

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