📍 250 E. Beach St., Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, 95076
PVUSD Virtual Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County. The school has 152 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Pajaro Valley Unified school district. It serves grades K–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 7.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.3:1.
PVUSD Virtual Academy enrolls 152 students across grades K–12. The student body is 43% male and 57% female. A teaching staff of 7.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% Hispanic or Latino, 20% White and 1.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 117 | 77% |
| White | 30 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 1.3% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
109 of the school's 152 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
PVUSD Virtual Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). It operates as a fully virtual school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
PVUSD Virtual Academy is one of 34 schools in Pajaro Valley Unified, based in Watsonville, California. The district serves 16,588 students district-wide and employs 831 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 152 students, PVUSD Virtual Academy is smaller than the district average of about 488 students per school.
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