Lawrence Virtual School

Set in Lawrence, Kansas, Lawrence Virtual School is a big all-grades campus, one of the schools within Lawrence. It caters to 543 students across grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 353 students per school, that is 54% bigger than typical.

Within Lawrence, which oversees 18 schools and 10,380 students, Lawrence Virtual School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Lawrence Virtual School shows that White students make up the majority at 64%; the rest reads as 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Douglas County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Lawrence Virtual School reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.8:1. The state averages around 49.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Douglas County) records that median household income runs about $69,746, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Douglas County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,766 students), Lawrence Virtual School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Deerfield Elem, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an urban site. As a public charter, Lawrence Virtual School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school. Lawrence Virtual School delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Lawrence Virtual School's enrollment has decreased 50% since 2018, when it stood at 1,085 (now 543). The White share of enrollment contracted from 76% to 64% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 29.2:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 today.

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