Island City Virtual Academy

Island City Virtual Academy is a very small school serving multiple grade levels that serves part of Cumberland, Wisconsin. It offers pre-K through 12 and has 49 students enrolled. By comparison, combined schools in Wisconsin enroll about 272 students on average.

Cumberland School District serves 924 students across 4 schools.

More than half of the students at Island City Virtual Academy are White (78%). The remaining shares are 18% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Census estimates put the White share of Barron County's population at about 92%.

Island City Virtual Academy reports a ratio of 79.0 students per teacher, from 0.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for combined schools in Wisconsin is 25.6:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Island City Virtual Academy, 59% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 41% average for public schools in Barron County is 18 points.

Barron County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $65,933, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 36 public schools in the county, enrolling about 7,199, Island City Virtual Academy among them.

Cumberland Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Island City Virtual Academy, there are 3 other public schools.

NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Remote. That means it sits in rural territory far from an urban area. Island City Virtual Academy operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter. Island City Virtual Academy is classified as a virtual school.

Island City Virtual Academy enrolled 138 in 2020-21 and 49 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size.

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