Central Minnesota Virtual Academy

Central Minnesota Virtual Academy is a senior high of rural-scale scale in WAITE PARK, Minnesota, run under ST. CLOUD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 53 students in grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 86% smaller than typical.

ST. CLOUD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 9,803 students. Central Minnesota Virtual Academy is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Central Minnesota Virtual Academy logs that 55% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 30% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Stearns County as a whole is about 9% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Stearns County (around 44%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, Stearns County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,066 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Stearns County runs 74 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,160 students), of which Central Minnesota Virtual Academy is one.

The closest other public school is St. Cloud Area Learning Center, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

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