Onslow Virtual School

This page covers Onslow Virtual School, a small combined-grade school in Jacksonville, North Carolina. It educates 421 students in grades 1 through 12. The typical figure for combined schools in North Carolina is about 731 students.

Onslow County Schools is the district for Onslow Virtual School. It has 39 schools and 27,397 students.

White students are the largest group at Onslow Virtual School, with 48% of enrollment. Next come 24% Black, 16% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. The county population is about 67% White. Onslow Virtual School has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

The school employs the equivalent of 30.7 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.7:1. Among combined schools in North Carolina, the typical ratio is 16.1:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 54%.

Onslow County has about 207,906 residents, and median household income is about $68,148, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 42 public schools in Onslow County, with a combined enrollment of about 27,501.

The school nearest to Onslow Virtual School is New Bridge Middle, at a distance of about 1.3 miles. Within five miles of Onslow Virtual School, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small. Federal records classify Onslow Virtual School as a virtual school.

Onslow Virtual School reported 4,695 students in 2020-21 and 421 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.7:1, from 21.1:1.

If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Onslow Virtual School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.