📍 346 West McDowell Junior High, Marion, McDowell County, 28752
McDowell Virtual Academy is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Marion, McDowell County. The school has 140 pupils enrolled. It is part of the McDowell County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
McDowell Virtual Academy enrolls 140 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 39% male and 61% female. A teaching staff of 7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% White, 6.4% Black or African American and 3.6% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 121 | 86% |
| Black or African American | 9 | 6.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 3.6% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 2.1% |
| Asian | 2 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
37 of the school's 140 students (26%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 37 qualify for free lunch and 0 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.
McDowell Virtual Academy is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). It operates as a fully virtual school. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 47, state house district 85.
McDowell Virtual Academy is one of 15 schools in McDowell County Schools, based in Marion, North Carolina. The district serves 5,792 students district-wide and employs 404 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 140 students, McDowell Virtual Academy is smaller than the district average of about 386 students per school.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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