Virtual Academy

Virtual Academy is a middle-grades school with a street address in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The school enrolls 177 students, from grades 3 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in North Carolina) has about 605 students.

Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools runs 79 schools with a combined 51,745 students. Virtual Academy is one of them.

By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Virtual Academy is Black (40%). Other groups make up 25% White, 19% Hispanic, and 15% multiracial. Forsyth County as a whole is about 25% Black, so the school's share is higher. Virtual Academy has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Virtual Academy employs 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 7.3:1. The average ratio among middle schools in North Carolina is 15.9:1, higher than at this school. Virtual Academy's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 77%. The 88% average for public schools in Forsyth County is 11 points higher.

Virtual Academy is located in Forsyth County, where median household income is about $67,165, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Virtual Academy is one of 88 public schools in Forsyth County, which together enroll about 55,902 students.

Of nearby public schools, The Downtown School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.

The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is identified as virtual in federal data.

The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Virtual Academy covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.