PCS Virtual Academy

PCS Virtual Academy is an alternative public virtual school located in Roxboro, North Carolina, serving grades PK-12 with a total enrollment of 62 students. The school is part of the Person County Schools district, which is ranked 106 out of 242 school districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

PCS Virtual Academy has consistently high four-year graduation rates, ranging from 83.1% to 91.3% over the past few years, significantly outperforming the district and state averages. The school's test scores in various subjects and grade levels are also generally higher than the district and state averages, with 50% proficiency in 8th-grade Math and Reading, compared to 43.3% and 43.6% for the district, respectively. The school also had a 72.7% proficiency rate in 8th-grade Science, compared to 60% for the district and 60.1% for the state. The school's free and reduced lunch rates have fluctuated over the past few years, ranging from 4.17% to 52.99%, and the student-teacher ratio has varied from 6.8 to 16.7, which is significantly lower than the typical student-teacher ratio in traditional public schools.

These findings suggest that PCS Virtual Academy is a high-performing alternative public virtual school that is effectively serving its students and outperforming the district and state averages in several key areas. The school's unique characteristics, such as its flexible student-teacher ratio and fluctuating free and reduced lunch rates, provide interesting insights that could be further explored to understand the factors contributing to the school's success.