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Virginia Virtual Academy at Salem
Fully virtualVirginia Virtual Academy at Salem, a public other school in Salem, Virginia: grades k–12, 415 students, 7.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Salem City Public Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 415
- Teachers (FTE)
- 59.4
- Students per teacher
- 7.0
- Grades
- K–12
- Other
Fewer students per teacher than 63% of schools in Virginia
Median 10.9 · 16 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 77% of schools in the US
Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared
Smaller than 65% of schools in Virginia
Median 537 · 17 schools compared
Larger than 68% of schools in the US
Median 207 · 3,982 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Virginia's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Virginia: 72%76%proficient
+3.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 80% of schools in Virginia
Median 66% · 5 schools compared
335 students tested, grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3
Math
Virginia: 66%54%proficient
−2.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 60% of schools in Virginia
Median 45% · 5 schools compared
310 students tested, grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Other · Grades K–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Fully virtual
- Area
- Midsize suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Salem City Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 510 South College Ave, Salem, VA 24153
- Phone
- (540)389-0130
- City or town
- Salem
- County
- Salem city
Nearby schools
The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Salem AlternativeAlternative | — | — | — |
Governor's STEM Academy at the Burton Center for Arts and TeCareer and technical | — | — | — |
Burton Center for Arts and TechnologyCareer and technical | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | |
Forest Park AcademyAlternativeFree meals for all | — | — | — |
| — | — | — |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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