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VIRTUAL PREPARATORY ACADEMY OF FLORIDA
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VIRTUAL PREPARATORY ACADEMY OF FLORIDA is an all-grades campus of substantial scale in KISSIMMEE, Florida, part of OSCEOLA, works with 745 students in grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 353 students per school, that is 111% above typical.
VIRTUAL PREPARATORY ACADEMY OF FLORIDA is one of 83 schools operated by OSCEOLA, a district that works with 75,388 students overall.
On the student-mix side, VIRTUAL PREPARATORY ACADEMY OF FLORIDA records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 34% White, 27% Black. By comparison, Osceola County as a whole is about 56% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably less Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.6:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Osceola County (around 52%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Osceola County indicate median household income runs about $72,637, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Osceola County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,164 students), of which VIRTUAL PREPARATORY ACADEMY OF FLORIDA is one.
The closest other public school is MAIN STREET HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
VIRTUAL PREPARATORY ACADEMY OF FLORIDA operates from an inner-city location. VIRTUAL PREPARATORY ACADEMY OF FLORIDA is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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