Maidu Virtual Charter Academy

Maidu Virtual Charter Academy, a rural-scale 9-12 campus in Auburn, California, operated by Placer Union High, teaches 115 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 86% below the state mean of about 838.

Maidu Virtual Charter Academy is one of 6 schools operated by Placer Union High, a district that caters to 3,918 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Maidu Virtual Charter Academy logs that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Placer County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 37% of students at Maidu Virtual Charter Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Maidu Virtual Charter Academy falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 57.8%; this one comes in at 28.0%, -29.8 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Placer County shows median household earnings sit near $115,998, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Maidu Virtual Charter Academy is one of 123 public schools in Placer County (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students).

Confluence Continuation High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Maidu Virtual Charter Academy at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 40.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area. Maidu Virtual Charter Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On the community side, members of the Maidu Virtual Charter Academy community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.