Barry Tatum Virtual Learning 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 1 | 1% |
| Grade 7 | 4 | 3% |
| Grade 8 | 10 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 12 | 10% |
| Grade 10 | 19 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 39 | 34% |
| Grade 12 | 30 | 26% |
Test scores
TCAP 2024-25 . % On Track or MasteredWhat this means: On the TCAP, Tennessee's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Tennessee schools, those numbers are about 41 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 35 points.
TCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.8% | 26.9% |
| 2023-24 | 44.9% | 53.8% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 62.1% |
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 | 115 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 113 | 10 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 129 | 15.1 | 8.6:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 2,665 | 98 | 27.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 55 | 5.5 | 10.0:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 43 | 1 | 43.0:1 | 28% (12) |
About Barry Tatum Virtual Learning Academy
Barry Tatum Virtual Learning Academy operates as a small school serving multiple grade levels in Lebanon, Tennessee. The school teaches grades 4 through 12 and enrolls 115 students. It has 53% fewer students than the average for combined schools in Tennessee (about 243).
Wilson County is made up of 25 schools with 20,703 students in all.
More than half of enrollment at Barry Tatum Virtual Learning Academy is White: 70%. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 81% White. The diversity index for Barry Tatum Virtual Learning Academy is 49%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
In the surrounding county, Wilson County, the median household earns about $95,839 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Barry Tatum Virtual Learning Academy, Wilson County has 32 public schools.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Southside Elementary, is the closest to Barry Tatum Virtual Learning Academy. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Fringe. Barry Tatum Virtual Learning Academy is classified as a virtual school.
Barry Tatum Virtual Learning Academy reported 2,665 students in 2020-21 and 115 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades.
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Wilson County at a glance
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