Onslow Virtual School

As a low-enrollment unified-grade school in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Onslow Virtual School instructs 421 students from grades 1 through 12, part of Onslow County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 731 students per school, that is 42% below typical.

Onslow County Schools runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 27,397 students. Onslow Virtual School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Onslow Virtual School lists that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 24% Black, 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Onslow Virtual School logs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. The state averages around 16.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 54% of students at Onslow Virtual School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Onslow County put the typical household earns roughly $68,148 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Onslow County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,501 students), Onslow Virtual School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: New Bridge Middle, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Onslow Virtual School.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.