Michigan Virtual Charter Academy

As a well-populated multi-level school in HAZEL PARK, Michigan, Michigan Virtual Charter Academy serves 3,199 students from grades K through 12, run under Michigan Virtual Charter Academy. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 281 students each, so Michigan Virtual Charter Academy sits 1038% above that benchmark.

Michigan Virtual Charter Academy is the operating authority for Michigan Virtual Charter Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Michigan Virtual Charter Academy lists that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 29% Black, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the resource side, The school employs 163 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Oakland County's rate of about 32%.

Around the school, Oakland County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Michigan Virtual Charter Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Advantage Alternative Program, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Michigan Virtual Charter Academy operates from a commuter-belt location. Michigan Virtual Charter Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model. Michigan Virtual Charter Academy delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Michigan Virtual Charter Academy's enrollment has rose 9% since 2018, when it stood at 2,925 (now 3,199). Over the same period, the White share declined from 61% to 50%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

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