EDGE Virtual School

Located at 707 Micanopy Street, in Weumpka, Alabama, EDGE Virtual School is a close-knit combined-grade school that serves 456 students (grades K through 12), one of the schools within Elmore County. Enrollment runs roughly 32% below the state mean of about 673.

Elmore County comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 11,741 students; EDGE Virtual School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EDGE Virtual School lists that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 17% Black, 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, EDGE Virtual School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 38.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting EDGE Virtual School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Elmore County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Elmore County indicate median household earnings sit near $78,243, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Elmore County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,867 students), EDGE Virtual School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Wetumpka Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-center setting. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

On this page, the feed for EDGE Virtual School typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.