St Charles Virtual School
Virtual schools are not graded, because they enroll students from across the state rather than a local area. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 1 | 2% |
| Grade 2 | 1 | 2% |
| Grade 4 | 1 | 2% |
| Grade 5 | 1 | 2% |
| Grade 6 | 2 | 3% |
| Grade 7 | 1 | 2% |
| Grade 8 | 2 | 3% |
| Grade 9 | 9 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 6 | 10% |
| Grade 11 | 15 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 21 | 35% |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60 | 5.1 | 11.8:1 | 82% (49) |
| 2023-24 | 74 | 0.7 | 108.8:1 | 85% (63) |
| 2022-23 | 81 | 2.5 | 32.3:1 | 89% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 1 | 298.0:1 | 63% (187) |
| 2017-18 | 57 | 14 | 4.1:1 | 61% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 83 | N/A | N/A | 57% (47) |
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (57 to 60); teachers down 64% (14 to 5.1).
About St Charles Virtual School
St Charles Virtual School is a very small school serving multiple grade levels with an address in SAINT CHARLES, Michigan. It reported 60 students in grades 1 through 12 in 2024-25. By comparison, combined schools in Michigan enroll about 281 students on average.
St Charles Virtual School is run by St. Charles Community Schools, whose 3 schools enroll 692 students.
Federal enrollment data show St Charles Virtual School is 75% White. The next largest groups are 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 7% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 42%.
Staffing at St Charles Virtual School comes to 5.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.8:1. Combined schools in Michigan average 17.3:1, 5.5 more students per teacher than here. St Charles Virtual School counts 82% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Saginaw County report 59%.
In the surrounding county, Saginaw County, median household income comes to about $60,622, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The county's public schools total 75, with about 25,621 students.
Among nearby public schools, St Charles Community MiddleHigh School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles.
Under the NCES locale system, St Charles Virtual School is Rural: Distant. St Charles Virtual School is listed as a virtual school by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment records show 298 in 2020-21 and 60 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 298.0:1 in 2020-21 to 11.8:1 in 2024-25.
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