NC Virtual Academy

NC Virtual Academy is a large combined-grade school in North Carolina, located in Durham. The school reports 3,482 students in kindergarten through 12. The typical figure for combined schools in North Carolina is about 731 students.

In federal data, the district for NC Virtual Academy is the school itself.

White students are the largest group at NC Virtual Academy, with 43% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 29% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. That is close to the 43% White share among all Durham County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at NC Virtual Academy belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.

NC Virtual Academy employs 185.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 18.7:1. That ratio is over the 16.1:1 average for combined schools in North Carolina.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Durham County show that median household income is about $82,316, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 55%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. NC Virtual Academy is one of 74 public schools in Durham County, which together enroll about 46,109 students.

Nearby, North Carolina Cyber Academy is about 0.5 miles away. NC Virtual Academy is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.

The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large). The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement. The school is identified as virtual in federal data.

The number of students climbed from 2,891 to 3,482 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 18.7:1, from 23.1:1.

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