Highline Public Schools Virtual Academy

Highline Public Schools Virtual Academy is a K-12 campus of mid-tier scale in Seattle, Washington, operated by Highline School District, educateing 208 students in grades pre-K through 12.

Highline School District comprises 36 schools with combined enrollment of 18,072 students; Highline Public Schools Virtual Academy is among them.

On demographics, Highline Public Schools Virtual Academy lists that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 21% White, 10% Black, 10% multiracial, 8% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 33.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 65% of students at Highline Public Schools Virtual Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than King County's rate of about 38%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (King County) logs that median household income runs about $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Highline Public Schools Virtual Academy is one.

Highline Open Doors 1418 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Highline Public Schools Virtual Academy.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. Highline Public Schools Virtual Academy delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Highline Public Schools Virtual Academy typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.