BCS Virtual Academy of Learning

BCS Virtual Academy of Learning sits in Birmingham, Alabama, and is classified as a combined-grade school. The grade span is 3 through 12, and enrollment is 184 students. Average enrollment for combined schools in Alabama is about 673, so this school runs 73% smaller than that.

Federal data list 43 schools in Birmingham City, with 20,954 students enrolled.

Black students make up 94% of enrollment at BCS Virtual Academy of Learning. The remaining shares are 5% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Jefferson County's population at about 42%. Pick two students at random and there is an 11% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

With 8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at BCS Virtual Academy of Learning was 23.0:1. This ratio sits 5.1 above the 17.9:1 average for combined schools in Alabama. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 84%. Across public schools in Jefferson County, the average is 52%.

Jefferson County has these Census figures: the median household income is $66,388, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 181 public schools in Jefferson County, enrolling about 97,401 students in all.

George Washington Carver High School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around BCS Virtual Academy of Learning holds at least 8 other public schools.

The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size). The school's NCES record marks it as virtual.

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