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Houston County Virtual Academy

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Programs & features
  • Program details not reported to CRDC
Academic signals
  • Academic signals not yet ingested for this school

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Houston County Virtual Academy compares for families

What families should know about Houston County Virtual Academy.

  • LocallyAL trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−10 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Houston County Area Vocational Center, PASS Academy, New Day Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🏛️ Federal Title I context

Title I Schoolwide eligible

≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program

66.7%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 63 in 2021 to 74 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+17.5%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -8.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 246 students:

2025
226
2027
191
2029
161

≈ 85 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue at risk

At $11,431 per student in district revenue, the 85 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $971,635/year in funding at risk.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Houston County Area Vocational Center
Dothan
Public 0.0
PASS Academy
Dothan
Public 1.2
New Day Academy
Dothan
Private 1.8 56 -17.6%
Dothan High School
Dothan
Public 3.1 1,588 +15.1%
Dothan Technology Center
Dothan
Public 3.1
Houston Academy
Dothan
Private 3.1 666 +12.3%
Northside Methodist Church & Academy
Dothan
Private 3.2 621 -0.2%
Bethel Christian Academy
Dothan
Private 4.2 101 +36.5%

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