Alamance Virtual School

Alamance Virtual School, a small high school, is located in Graham, North Carolina. The grade span is 6 through 12, and enrollment is 203 students. Average enrollment for high schools in North Carolina is about 761, so this school runs 73% smaller than that.

Alamance-Burlington Schools has 22,661 students spread across 37 schools.

The most common group at Alamance Virtual School is White students, at 44%. After that, the student body is 30% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. Among all residents of Alamance County, the White share is about 60%. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Its 17.8 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.4:1. This ratio sits 8.2 below the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 62%. The rate at public schools in Alamance County averages 80%, higher than here.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Alamance County show that the median household income is $65,651, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Alamance Virtual School is one of 42 public schools in the county.

The nearest public school is Ray Street Academy, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. The school's NCES record marks it as virtual.

If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Alamance Virtual School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.