📍 241 Peninsula Farm Road, Arnold, Anne Arundel County, 21012
AACPS Virtual Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Arnold, Anne Arundel County. The school has 478 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 3–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.9:1. The school offers 3 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
AACPS Virtual Academy enrolls 478 students across grades 3–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 44 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% Black or African American, 33% White and 13% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 208 | 44% |
| White | 160 | 33% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 61 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 35 | 7.3% |
| Asian | 12 | 2.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
243 of the school's 478 students (51%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 212 qualify for free lunch and 31 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.
AACPS Virtual Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 MD-30, state senate district 33, state house district 33.
AACPS Virtual Academy is one of 126 schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools, based in Annapolis, Maryland. The district serves 85,029 students district-wide and employs 5,930 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 478 students, AACPS Virtual Academy is smaller than the district average of about 675 students per school.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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