Jefferson Virtual Academy

Located at 3081 West Old AJ HWY, in Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, Jefferson Virtual Academy is a very small high school that hosts 55 students (grades 5 through 12), part of Jefferson County. Enrollment runs roughly 93% below the state mean of about 754.

Within Jefferson County, which oversees 13 schools and 6,937 students, Jefferson Virtual Academy is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jefferson Virtual Academy records that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household earnings sit near $66,114, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Jefferson County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,937 students), Jefferson Virtual Academy is one campus in the mix.

Rush Strong Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Jefferson Virtual Academy.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.