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Colorado Virtual Academy High School
Virtual schools are not graded, because they enroll students from across the state rather than a local area. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 95 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 189 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 210 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 279 | 36% |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 773 | 16.1 | 48.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 602 | 10.4 | 57.7:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 10.2 | 51.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 7 | 52.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 544 | 8.8 | 62.0:1 | 23% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 14 | 34.8:1 | 6% (28) |
Since 2017-18: students up 42% (544 to 773); teachers up 83% (8.8 to 16.1).
About Colorado Virtual Academy High School
Colorado Virtual Academy High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in BYERS, Colorado. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 773 students. That compares with an average of about 627 students for high schools in Colorado.
Byers School District No. 32J runs Colorado Virtual Academy High School along with 9 other schools, enrolling 6,853 students in total.
About 50% of the student body at Colorado Virtual Academy High School is White. The remaining students are 37% Hispanic and 9% Black. Among people living in Arapahoe County, the White share is about 59%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Colorado Virtual Academy High School is 48.0:1, based on 16.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Colorado, 16.9:1, is lower.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Arapahoe County show that the median household earns about $101,087 a year, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Arapahoe County, 176 public schools serve about 115,502 students.
Among nearby public schools, Colorado Online High School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Colorado Virtual Academy High School.
NCES assigns Colorado Virtual Academy High School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area. Colorado Virtual Academy High School is listed as a virtual school by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal counts for Colorado Virtual Academy High School: 370 students in 2020-21, 773 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 52.9:1 to 48.0:1.
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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