Georgia Cyber Academy (Virtual)

Georgia Cyber Academy (Virtual) is a K-12 campus of heavily attended scale in Atlanta, Georgia, part of State Specialty Schools I- Georgia Cyber Academy, instructing 9,952 students in grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 1249% bigger than typical.

Georgia Cyber Academy (Virtual) is a school of State Specialty Schools I- Georgia Cyber Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Georgia Cyber Academy (Virtual) reports that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 30% White, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully less Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 552 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Clayton County (around 92%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Clayton County indicate the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Georgia Cyber Academy (Virtual) is one of 73 public schools in Clayton County (combined enrollment of about 63,156 students).

The closest other public school is North Clayton High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Georgia Cyber Academy (Virtual) operates from a commuter-belt location. Georgia Cyber Academy (Virtual) 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.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 30%: 14,286 students in 2018 compared to 9,952 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 48% to 30% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 37.0:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.