Virtual Academy

Virtual Academy is a four-year high school of minimally staffed scale in Owensboro, Kentucky, operated by Daviess County, works with 75 students in grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 87% leaner than the state mean of about 558.

Daviess County runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 10,948 students. Virtual Academy is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Virtual Academy lists that White students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 13% multiracial, 11% Black, 8% Hispanic, 5% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Virtual Academy logs 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 75.0:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 73% of students at Virtual Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Daviess County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Daviess County) shows that median household earnings sit near $68,214, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Virtual Academy is one of 37 public schools in Daviess County (combined enrollment of about 15,983 students).

The closest other public school is Daviess County High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Virtual Academy community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.