Riverview Virtual Academy

Riverview Virtual Academy is the name of a small combined-grade school in RIVERVIEW, Michigan. Students in kindergarten through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 110 students. For comparison, combined schools in Michigan average about 281 students.

Riverview Virtual Academy is one school in Riverview Community School District, a system of 7 schools with 2,743 students.

White students are the majority at Riverview Virtual Academy, with 78% of enrollment. It is also 10% Hispanic and 10% Black. Wayne County's residents are about 49% White, 29 points below the school's share. Riverview Virtual Academy's diversity index is 37%, against a US figure of 70%.

Its 2.1 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 52.4:1. This ratio sits 35.1 above the 17.3:1 average for combined schools in Michigan. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 67%. For comparison, public schools in Wayne County average 66%.

In the county around the school, Wayne County, the median household income is $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of people live in poverty. There are 573 public schools in Wayne County, enrolling about 259,786 students in all.

Of nearby public schools, Riverview Transition Center is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. Riverview Virtual Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. The school's NCES record marks it as virtual.

Enrollment grew 16% from its 2020-21 level of 95. The ratio of students to teachers went from 8.6:1 to 52.4:1 over the same years.

The Riverview Virtual Academy community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.