Heron Virtual Academy of South Carolina

Heron Virtual Academy of South Carolina is a public high school in Greenville, South Carolina. Total enrollment is 1,439 students, and the grades served are 8 through 12. It has 51% more students than the average for high schools in South Carolina (about 953).

Charter Institute at Erskine enrolls 28,041 students, and its 30 schools include Heron Virtual Academy of South Carolina.

The share of White students at Heron Virtual Academy of South Carolina is 53%, a majority. Other students are 29% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. That is lower than the 67% White share among all Greenville County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.

Heron Virtual Academy of South Carolina reports a ratio of 24.2 students per teacher, from 59.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in South Carolina, the average ratio is 15.5:1.

Greenville County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $76,932 a year, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Heron Virtual Academy of South Carolina shares Greenville County with 108 other public schools.

Cyber Academy of South Carolina is less than a tenth of a mile from Heron Virtual Academy of South Carolina, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Heron Virtual Academy of South Carolina holds at least 8 other public schools.

The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small). It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers. Heron Virtual Academy of South Carolina is classified as a virtual school.

The allk12 page for Heron Virtual Academy of South Carolina lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.