Virtual Preparatory Academy of Oregon

Set in Prairie City, Oregon, Virtual Preparatory Academy of Oregon is a very small unified-grade school, run under Prairie City SD 4. It hosts 80 students across grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 384 students per school, that is 79% leaner than typical.

Prairie City SD 4 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,211 students. Virtual Preparatory Academy of Oregon is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Virtual Preparatory Academy of Oregon reports that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 24% Hispanic, 13% Pacific Islander, 4% Asian, 3% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.5:1 average.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Grant County put median household earnings sit near $59,450, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Grant County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,805 students), Virtual Preparatory Academy of Oregon is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Prairie City School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Virtual Preparatory Academy of Oregon.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area. Virtual Preparatory Academy of Oregon is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model. Virtual Preparatory Academy of Oregon delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

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