SARASOTA VIRTUAL ACADEMY (VIRTUAL FRANCHISE)
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 11 | 4 | 33% |
| Grade 12 | 8 | 67% |
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 | 12 | 4.1 | 2.9:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 23 | 4.2 | 5.5:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 26 | 3 | 8.7:1 | 15% (4) |
About SARASOTA VIRTUAL ACADEMY (VIRTUAL FRANCHISE)
SARASOTA VIRTUAL ACADEMY (VIRTUAL FRANCHISE) is a small combined-grade school found in SARASOTA, Florida. Classes run from kindergarten through 12, and the school has 12 students. The average for combined schools in Florida is about 353 students, so this school is 97% smaller than average.
SARASOTA VIRTUAL ACADEMY (VIRTUAL FRANCHISE) is part of SARASOTA, where 60 schools serve 45,246 students.
The large majority of students at SARASOTA VIRTUAL ACADEMY (VIRTUAL FRANCHISE), 100%, are White. Sarasota County's residents are about 82% White, 18 points below the school's share.
The school has about 2.9 students per teacher and 4.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among combined schools in Florida is 17.7:1, higher than at this school.
According to the American Community Survey, in Sarasota County, median household income is about $83,416, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. A total of 63 public schools operate in Sarasota County, serving about 45,253 students.
The nearest public school is SARASOTA VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM, at less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large). The school is identified as virtual in federal data.
Federal records list enrollment at SARASOTA VIRTUAL ACADEMY (VIRTUAL FRANCHISE) as 26 in 2020-21 and 12 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 8.7:1 in 2020-21, and 2.9:1 in 2024-25.
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