Baker Virtual Academy

Baker Virtual Academy is a very small elementary school in Baker SD 5J, located in Baker City, Oregon. The school covers kindergarten through 8 and reported 40 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Oregon enroll around 321, and this school is 88% below that mark.

Baker SD 5J is responsible for 11 schools, Baker Virtual Academy included, with 5,201 students in all.

Baker Virtual Academy is 93% White by enrollment. Next come 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. That is in line with Baker County, where about 89% of residents are White.

Baker Virtual Academy has a student-to-teacher ratio of 32.0:1, with 1.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon, this school's ratio is higher.

The school's county is Baker County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $60,936, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 15 public schools in the county, enrolling about 5,551, Baker Virtual Academy among them.

Measured in a straight line, Baker Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile from Baker Virtual Academy. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.

Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Remote. NCES lists Baker Virtual Academy as a virtual school.

Federal counts for Baker Virtual Academy: 83 students in 2020-21, 40 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 41.5:1 to 32.0:1.

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