DESOTO VIRTUAL ACADEMY

DESOTO VIRTUAL ACADEMY, a minimally staffed all-grades campus in ARCADIA, Florida, one of the schools within DESOTO, educates 6 students, covering grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 98% leaner than the state mean of about 353.

DESOTO VIRTUAL ACADEMY is one of 9 schools operated by DESOTO, a district that instructs 4,171 students overall.

On demographics, DESOTO VIRTUAL ACADEMY logs that 33% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 33% Hispanic, 33% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

On the income-and-resources front, The student-to-teacher ratio at DESOTO VIRTUAL ACADEMY logs approximately 26.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.7:1 average.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (DeSoto County) logs that median household earnings sit near $54,417, roughly 11% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. Across DeSoto County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,171 students), DESOTO VIRTUAL ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DESOTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for DESOTO VIRTUAL ACADEMY typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.