Virtual Academy

Set in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Virtual Academy is an one-room-style 6-8 campus, part of Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools. It instructs 177 students across grades 3 through 8. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 605 students each, so Virtual Academy sits 71% leaner than that benchmark.

Virtual Academy is one of 79 schools operated by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, a district that hosts 51,745 students overall.

Demographically, Virtual Academy reports that the most-represented group is Black (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 25% White, 19% Hispanic, 15% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Virtual Academy records 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Forsyth County's rate of about 88%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Forsyth County) records that the typical household earns roughly $67,165 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Forsyth County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,902 students), of which Virtual Academy is one.

The Downtown School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a downtown site. Virtual Academy delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 705%: 22 students in 2018 compared to 177 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 45% to 25%. Class-load math has loosened: from 0.9:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 in 2025.

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