OUSD EDGE Virtual Academy

OUSD EDGE Virtual Academy is a very small multi-level school in Orange, California, operated by Orange Unified. The school caters to 229 students in grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 602 students per school, that is 62% below typical.

Orange Unified runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 23,790 students. OUSD EDGE Virtual Academy is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, OUSD EDGE Virtual Academy reports that 61% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest is composed of 28% White, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which OUSD EDGE Virtual Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: OUSD Home Sch, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

OUSD EDGE Virtual Academy operates from a city-core location. OUSD EDGE Virtual Academy delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.