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Quaker Digital Academy
Virtual schools are not graded, because they enroll students from across the state rather than a local area. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 8 | 1% |
| Grade 1 | 10 | 1% |
| Grade 2 | 11 | 1% |
| Grade 3 | 12 | 1% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 2% |
| Grade 5 | 11 | 1% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 2% |
| Grade 7 | 40 | 4% |
| Grade 8 | 76 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 168 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 180 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 183 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 182 | 20% |
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.2% | 15.3% |
| 2023-24 | 30.9% | 10.2% |
| 2022-23 | 26.4% | 9.2% |
| 2021-22 | 32.5% | 13.7% |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 915 | 14.5 | 63.2:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 809 | 13.2 | 61.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 673 | 11.9 | 56.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 505 | 10 | 50.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 640 | 10.3 | 62.4:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 657 | 11 | 59.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 455 | 24 | 19.0:1 | 0% (0) |
Since 2017-18: students up 43% (640 to 915); teachers up 41% (10.3 to 14.5).
About Quaker Digital Academy
Quaker Digital Academy is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a combined-grade school in New Philadelphia, Ohio. The latest federal count shows 915 students in kindergarten through 12. The average for combined schools in Ohio is about 712 students, so this school is 29% larger than average.
In federal data, the district for Quaker Digital Academy is the school itself.
Federal enrollment data show Quaker Digital Academy is 87% White. The school is also 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Black. Quaker Digital Academy's diversity index is 24%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Quaker Digital Academy is 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 63.2:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 25.8:1 average for combined schools in Ohio.
Tuscarawas County has these Census figures: the median household income is $65,044, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Tuscarawas County is home to 44 public schools and about 15,660 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Quaker Preparatory Academy is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Quaker Digital Academy.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Distant, meaning it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area. Quaker Digital Academy is a publicly funded charter school. The school is identified as virtual in federal data.
In 2020-21 the school reported 505 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 915. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large. The school's ratio rose from 50.5:1 to 63.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Tuscarawas County at a glance
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