Ferndale Virtual Academy

Ferndale Virtual Academy is a compact combined-grade school in Ferndale, Washington, run under Ferndale School District. The school works with 154 students in grades K through 12. That puts it 25% leaner than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 204 students.

Ferndale School District comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 4,746 students; Ferndale Virtual Academy is among them.

On the student-mix side, Ferndale Virtual Academy logs that White students make up the majority at 56%. Beyond that, the school reports 29% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Native American. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the resource side, Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Whatcom County (around 47%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Ferndale Virtual Academy sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.7%; actual is 17.9%, a gap of -21.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Whatcom County) shows that median household income runs about $81,784, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Whatcom County runs 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,779 students), of which Ferndale Virtual Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ferndale High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ferndale Virtual Academy comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.