Maidu Virtual Charter Academy

Maidu Virtual Charter Academy, a rural-scale senior high in Auburn, California, one of the schools within Maidu Virtual Charter Academy District, works with 114 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 86% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Maidu Virtual Charter Academy sits inside Maidu Virtual Charter Academy District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Maidu Virtual Charter Academy reports that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Placer County's rate of about 33%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Placer County put median household earnings sit near $115,998, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Placer County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students), Maidu Virtual Charter Academy is one campus in the mix.

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.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area. Maidu Virtual Charter Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model. Instruction is delivered virtually rather than at a physical campus, and enrollment crosses district lines.

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