Summary
Hutchinson Virtual School is an alternative school serving 300 students in kindergarten through 12th grade in Hutchinson, Kansas, as part of Hutchinson Public Schools. In 2025–26, its all-grades proficiency rates were below both state and district rates in English language arts (ELA), math, and science; math was furthest behind, at 6% proficient compared with 41% statewide. The clearest concern for families is the school’s 9.7% dropout rate in 2024–25, versus 2.2% in its district, 1.2% statewide, 2.1% at Central State Academy, and 2.0% at Ad Astra Virtual Academy.
Compared with the nearby schools, ELA is this school’s strongest subject: 21% were proficient, compared with 20% at Ad Astra and 13% at Central State. It was in the middle for math, at 6% versus 3% and 20%, and lowest in science, at 10% versus 18% and 27%. Still, its ELA rate was 25 percentage points below the state and 11 below the district; the math gaps were larger, at 35 points below the state and 18 below the district. Science was 28 points below the state and 16 below the district. Thus, the relative ELA advantage over nearby schools does not mean the school is close to state proficiency.
Recent results show a sharp math decline: proficiency fell from 14% to 6% between the two years provided, while ELA stayed about 21% and science fell from 12% to 10%. The science gap to the state narrowed by about 1 point, but that was because the state result also declined—not because the school improved. The dropout rate has improved, falling from 19.5% in 2022–23 to 9.7% in 2024–25, though it remains high against every supplied comparison. Graduation rose from 61.8% in 2022–23 to 74.3% in 2023–24, close to Ad Astra’s 74.0% but below the district’s 88.9% and state’s 89.5%. SchoolDigger ranks the district 257th of 268, in the 4th percentile with 0 stars; this is a district ranking, not a ranking of the school. The reported student–teacher ratio is 125.5, and the only reported free/reduced-lunch rate is 1.83% for 2022–23.
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