📍 1800 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, 50309
Virtual Campus is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Des Moines, Polk County. The school has 668 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Praveen Bannikatti. It is part of the Des Moines Independent Comm School District school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. 75% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 5%. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Virtual Campus enrolls 668 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 44% male and 56% female. A teaching staff of 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% White, 27% Hispanic or Latino and 14% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 307 | 46% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 178 | 27% |
| Black or African American | 96 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 51 | 7.6% |
| Asian | 28 | 4.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
531 of the school's 668 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 481 qualify for free lunch and 50 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Virtual Campus is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-30, state senate district 21, state house district 41.
Virtual Campus is one of 59 schools in Des Moines Independent Comm School District, based in Des Moines, Iowa. The district serves 30,048 students district-wide and employs 2,077 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 668 students, Virtual Campus is larger than the district average of about 509 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize