📍 639 Harrison Street, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, 70301
Virtual Academy of Lafourche is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish. The school has 494 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lafourche Parish school district. It serves grades K–12 in an urban setting. It operates as a public charter school. 44% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 95%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Virtual Academy of Lafourche enrolls 494 students across grades K–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% White, 15% Black or African American and 5.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 360 | 73% |
| Black or African American | 74 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 5.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 26 | 5.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
280 of the school's 494 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 277 qualify for free lunch and 3 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 Academy of Lafourche is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). It operates as a public charter school and 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 LA-20, state senate district 2, state house district 55.
Virtual Academy of Lafourche is one of 31 schools in Lafourche Parish, based in Thibodaux, Louisiana. The district serves 13,326 students district-wide and employs 737 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 494 students, Virtual Academy of Lafourche is close to the district average of about 430 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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