Virtual Academy

Set in San Bernardino, California, Virtual Academy is a cozy unified-grade school, run under San Bernardino City Unified. It teaches 346 students across grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 43% leaner than the state mean of about 602.

San Bernardino City Unified runs 72 schools in total, collectively educating 44,080 students. Virtual Academy is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Virtual Academy logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Black, 6% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.6:1, putting Virtual Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 94% of students at Virtual Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Around the school, census data for San Bernardino County shows median household earnings sit near $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Virtual Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Alternative Learning Center, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a city-core site. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.