Lone Star Virtual Academy

Lone Star Virtual Academy in Fort Stockton, TX, is a large virtual high school serving 3,628 students in grades 9-12 within the Fort Stockton Independent School District (Isd), a district ranked in the bottom 8th percentile statewide.

This school faces significant challenges that set it apart from nearby traditional schools. Most notably, its Algebra I proficiency rate is catastrophically low at just 6.71% for the 2025-2026 school year, compared to 20% at Fort Stockton High and 54% statewide. The dropout rate of 10.9% is over 13 times higher than Fort Stockton High's 0.8% rate, suggesting the virtual model struggles to retain students. Interestingly, the school shows a relative strength in serving Special Education students (ranking in the 28th percentile), but fails to challenge its Gifted and Talented students (ranking in the 2nd percentile). The school's overall state ranking has fluctuated between the 10th and 15th percentile over the last three years, with recent data showing a decline back to the 10th percentile.

It is worth noting that Butz Preparatory Academy shares the same address as Lone Star Virtual Academy and has an extreme student-teacher ratio of 2039:1, strongly suggesting it is another name or program for the same virtual school. The contrast with Fort Stockton High is stark: while both serve the same district, Fort Stockton High boasts a 96.5% graduation rate and dramatically higher test scores across subjects, including 58.54% proficiency in Biology versus Lone Star's 37.21%. This indicates that the virtual format itself, rather than the district's overall low ranking, is the primary factor driving these poor outcomes.