Niles Virtual School

As a micro-enrollment combined-grade school in NILES, Michigan, Niles Virtual School works with 18 students from grades K through 12, run under Niles Community Schools. That puts it 94% smaller than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 281 students.

Within Niles Community Schools, which oversees 11 schools and 3,107 students, Niles Virtual School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Niles Virtual School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). The remainder reads as 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 72% of students at Niles Virtual School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Berrien County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Berrien County put median household income runs about $65,425, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Niles Virtual School is one of 75 public schools in Berrien County (combined enrollment of about 21,027 students).

The closest other public school is WAY Niles, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Niles Virtual School.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

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