Wausau Area Virtual Education

Set in Wausau, Wisconsin, Wausau Area Virtual Education is an intimate K-12 campus, operated by Wausau School District. It enrolls 152 students across grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 44% below the state mean of about 272.

Across the 21 schools in Wausau School District (7,738 students total), Wausau Area Virtual Education accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Wausau Area Virtual Education records that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 10% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the income-and-resources front, Wausau Area Virtual Education logs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 25.6:1 average. Around 16% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Marathon County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Marathon County put the typical household earns roughly $77,884 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Marathon County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,592 students), of which Wausau Area Virtual Education is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hawthorn Hills Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wausau Area Virtual Education.

The school occupies a city-core site. Wausau Area Virtual Education operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

Trend over the last 7 years. Wausau Area Virtual Education's enrollment has expanded 407% since 2018, when it stood at 30 (now 152). White enrollment moved from 83% to 76% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 44.1:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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