Central Minnesota Virtual Academy

A small high school in WAITE PARK, Minnesota, Central Minnesota Virtual Academy is part of ST. CLOUD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment is 53 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 12. Against the 371-student average for high schools in Minnesota, enrollment here is 86% lower.

ST. CLOUD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT is the local district for Central Minnesota Virtual Academy. It runs 22 schools with 9,803 students.

At Central Minnesota Virtual Academy, Black students make up 55% of the student body. It is also 30% White, 11% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Stearns County is roughly 9% Black. Central Minnesota Virtual Academy's diversity index is 60%, against a US figure of 70%.

Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 58%. The gap from the 44% average for public schools in Stearns County is 14 points.

Stearns County census figures show that the median household income is $77,066, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 74 public schools in Stearns County, enrolling about 24,160 students in all.

The next-closest public school is St. Cloud Area Learning Center, about 0.7 miles away. Central Minnesota Virtual Academy is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.

Federal data place Central Minnesota Virtual Academy in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. Central Minnesota Virtual Academy is a virtual school according to federal records.

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