Burr Oak Virtual Academy

Set in BURR OAK, Michigan, Burr Oak Virtual Academy is a mid-sized K-12 campus, run under Burr Oak Community School District. It educates 278 students across grades K through 12.

Across the 3 schools in Burr Oak Community School District (501 students total), Burr Oak Virtual Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Burr Oak Virtual Academy logs that White students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 18% Black, 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Native American. By comparison, St. Joseph County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 69.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Burr Oak Virtual Academy higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of St. Joseph County's rate of about 55%.

In the broader community, census data for St. Joseph County shows median household income runs about $66,425, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, St. Joseph County runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,517 students), of which Burr Oak Virtual Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Burr Oak High School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting. Instruction is delivered virtually rather than at a physical campus, and enrollment crosses district lines.

Trend over the last 7 years. Burr Oak Virtual Academy's enrollment has increased 4533% since 2018, when it stood at 6 (now 278). The White share of enrollment declined from 100% to 68% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 42.9:1 in 2018 to 69.5:1 in 2025.

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