DeKalb County Schools Adult Education Virtual School

DeKalb County Schools Adult Education Virtual School is a 9-12 campus of reasonably sized scale in Smithville, Tennessee, operated by DeKalb County, works with 784 students in grades 9 through 12.

Within DeKalb County, which oversees 6 schools and 3,644 students, DeKalb County Schools Adult Education Virtual School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DeKalb County Schools Adult Education Virtual School logs that White students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school reports 25% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for DeKalb County indicate the typical household earns roughly $53,153 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, DeKalb County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,644 students), of which DeKalb County Schools Adult Education Virtual School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Northside Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

Inside the community feed, members of the DeKalb County Schools Adult Education Virtual School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.