Irvine Unified School District Virtual Academy

Irvine Unified School District Virtual Academy is a micro-enrollment elementary-level community in Irvine, California, operated by Irvine Unified. The school hosts 58 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 88% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Irvine Unified School District Virtual Academy is one of 44 schools operated by Irvine Unified, a district that works with 37,948 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Irvine Unified School District Virtual Academy records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 28% Asian, 19% White, 16% multiracial, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 21% of students at Irvine Unified School District Virtual Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Orange County shows median household income runs about $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Irvine Unified School District Virtual Academy is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

College Park Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Irvine Unified School District Virtual Academy.

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

Inside the community feed, the feed for Irvine Unified School District Virtual Academy typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.