Ohio Virtual Academy

Ohio Virtual Academy is a statewide, fully online K–12 charter school headquartered in Maumee, Ohio, serving 15,339 students in grades K–12 — by far the largest school in its local comparison group, and more than five times the combined enrollment (2,846) of the eight nearby schools in this data set. Because instruction is virtual and enrollment is statewide, those "nearby" schools (1.7 to 10.6 miles away) are administrative neighbors, not geographic competitors.

On the numbers that matter most, OHVA's graduation rate has climbed to 75.1%, up from 62.6% in 2021–22, and chronic absenteeism is 10.6% — the lowest among nearby charters, though it has more than doubled from 5.0% four years earlier. Academic proficiency is the weak spot: OHVA scored below the state average on all 20 reported tests, averaging about 33% proficient versus roughly 61% statewide. The math gap is widest (about 23% versus 56%), with Geometry at 13.9% and 7th-grade math at 16.0%. The student–teacher ratio is 39.6:1, up from 34.7, and per-student spending of $6,149 (2018–19) is the lowest among comparable peers. Free/reduced lunch data is not reported.

Compared with Reynolds Elementary School, a Toledo City neighborhood school 2.6 miles away, OHVA is ahead on every one of 14 overlapping tests and reports far lower absenteeism (10.6% versus 56.7%). Against the area's high-performing charters, the picture reverses: Northwest Ohio Classical Academy outscores OHVA on all 18 overlapping tests, and Wildwood Environmental Academy leads on 16 of 20. Those two, both 1.7 miles away, are the most useful local benchmarks — they show what proficiency levels are achievable in this immediate area, and OHVA's gap to the state has widened from about 20 points to about 28 points over three years.