Mason City Virtual Academy

Federal records list Mason City Virtual Academy as a high school in Mason City, Iowa. Enrollment totals 88 students across grades 8 through 12. That puts enrollment 81% below the 468-student average for high schools in Iowa.

Besides Mason City Virtual Academy, Mason City Comm School District runs 8 other schools. The district enrolls 3,406 students.

Of every 100 students at Mason City Virtual Academy, about 70 are White. It is also 18% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Pacific Islander. Cerro Gordo County's residents are about 90% White, 19 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mason City Virtual Academy scores 47%.

The school lists 1.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 58.7:1. Statewide, high schools in Iowa average 17.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 43% of the student body. The figure for public schools in Cerro Gordo County is close, at 43%.

For the population of Cerro Gordo County, median household income comes to about $68,189, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Cerro Gordo County counts 13 public schools with about 5,248 students.

Alternative School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Mason City Virtual Academy. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

By NCES locale, the school is Town: Remote, or in a town far from an urbanized area. Mason City Virtual Academy is classified as a virtual school.

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