VirtualEDU Secondary
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 6 | 10 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 11 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 9 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 17 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 16 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 32 | 29% |
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 112 | 9.5 | 11.8:1 | 46% (52) |
| 2023-24 | 117 | 15 | 7.8:1 | 64% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 75 | 1.5 | 50.3:1 | 53% (40) |
About VirtualEDU Secondary
VirtualEDU Secondary is a small high school in HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota. The latest federal count shows 112 students in grades 6 through 12. The average for high schools in Minnesota is about 371 students, so this school is 70% smaller than average.
The district, HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, has 7,129 students enrolled across 14 schools.
At VirtualEDU Secondary, the largest share of students is White, at 38%. The remaining shares are 31% Black, 13% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Hennepin County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 72% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at VirtualEDU Secondary is 9.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.8:1. This ratio sits 4.5 below the 16.3:1 average for high schools in Minnesota. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 46%. For comparison, public schools in Hennepin County average 43%.
Hennepin County has about 1,269,496 residents, and the median household income is $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hennepin County has 496 public schools and roughly 177,509 students.
Nearest public school: VirtualEDU ELementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
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 is identified as virtual in federal data.
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