📍 300 Main Street, Williamsburg, Whitley County, 40769
Colonel Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Williamsburg, Whitley County. The school has 97 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Whitley County school district. It serves grades 7–12 in a small-town setting. The four-year graduation rate is 90%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Colonel Academy enrolls 97 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 43% male and 57% female.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% White, 2.1% Hispanic or Latino and 1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 94 | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | 2.1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
78 of the school's 97 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 78 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Colonel Academy is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). It operates as a fully virtual school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KY-50, state senate district 25, state house district 82.
Colonel Academy is one of 11 schools in Whitley County, based in Williamsburg, Kentucky. The district serves 4,234 students district-wide and employs 291 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 97 students, Colonel Academy is smaller than the district average of about 385 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote