TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School

Set in East Walpole, Massachusetts, TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School is an expansive combined-grade school, operated by TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School District. It educates 2,969 students across grades K through 12. That puts it 241% bigger than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 870 students.

TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School sits inside TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School reports that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 27% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 143 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.1:1, putting TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Norfolk County indicate the typical household earns roughly $130,739 per year, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Norfolk County runs 198 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,300 students), of which TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School is one.

The closest other public school is Dr. Philip O. Coakley Middle School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area. TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

Five-year trend. TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School's enrollment has expanded 93% since 2018, when it stood at 1,538 (now 2,969). The White share of enrollment contracted from 70% to 51% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.8:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.

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