Gary Virtual Academy
Gary · IN · Gary Community School Corp · Public · K-12 combined
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Gary Career Center → River Forest High School → Steel City Academy → Andrean High School → 21st Century Charter Sch of Gary → Gary Middle College → Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS → Excel Center - Gary →📋 At a glance
- Program details not reported to CRDC
- Academic signals not yet ingested for this school
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Gary Virtual Academy compares for families
What families should know about Gary Virtual Academy.
- ▸ LocallyIN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Gary Career Center, River Forest High School, Steel City 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
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
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -31.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 45 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Career Center Gary |
Public | 0.0 | — | — |
| River Forest High School Hobart |
Public | 1.8 | 565 | +10.8% |
| Steel City Academy Gary |
Public · charter | 2.8 | 91 | -49.7% |
| Andrean High School Merrillville |
Private | 3.2 | 409 | -10.9% |
| 21st Century Charter Sch of Gary Gary |
Public · charter | 3.4 | 380 | -9.5% |
| Gary Middle College Gary |
Public · charter | 3.4 | 202 | +22.4% |
| Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS Lake Station |
Public | 3.9 | 363 | -6.4% |
| Excel Center - Gary Gary |
Public · charter | 4.2 | 125 | +4.2% |