Southern Online Academy

As a rural-scale all-grades campus in Salineville, Ohio, Southern Online Academy educates 10 students from grades 4 through 12, part of Southern Local. Compared to the state average of about 712 students per school, that is 99% leaner than typical.

Within Southern Local, which oversees 7 schools and 2,056 students, Southern Online Academy is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Southern Online Academy shows that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 10% multiracial, 10% Pacific Islander. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Columbiana County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $58,180 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Southern Online Academy is one of 39 public schools in Columbiana County (combined enrollment of about 13,165 students).

The closest other public school is Southern Local Jr/Sr High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Southern Online Academy.

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

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