Rochester Community Schools Virtual Campus

Rochester Community Schools Virtual Campus is an alternative public magnet virtual school serving grades K-12 in Rochester Hills, Michigan, with 147 students. The school is part of the Waterford School District, which is ranked 46th out of 610 districts in Michigan and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Rochester Community Schools Virtual Campus has a diverse student population, with 57.82% White, 10.88% African American, 2.72% Hispanic, 23.13% Asian, and 5.44% two or more races in the 2022-2023 school year. The school had a 96.4% four-year graduation rate in 2021-2022, which is significantly higher than the 87.8% rate in 2022-2023, an area of concern. The school's dropout rate increased from 0.0% in 2021-2022 to 3.0% in 2022-2023, which is still relatively low compared to nearby schools like Childrens Village School and Kennedy Center. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate increased from 17.3% in 2021-2022 to 26.1% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the district and state averages.

Academically, Rochester Community Schools Virtual Campus generally performs better than the state average on standardized tests, but lags behind the Waterford School District average in many areas. The school had a significantly higher spending per student in 2022-2023 ($25,939) compared to the previous year ($11,796) and the nearby schools, which may have contributed to its strong academic performance. The virtual campus also had a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.8 in 2022-2023, lower than the nearby schools, which may have facilitated more personalized instruction. However, the school's 29.93% free and reduced lunch rate in 2022-2023 is lower than the nearby schools, suggesting it may serve a more economically advantaged population.