Berrien Springs Virtual Academy
BERRIEN SPRGS · MI · Berrien Springs Public Schools · Public · K-12 combined
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Berrien Springs High School → Berrien Springs Discovery Academy → Blossomland Learning Center → Andrews Academy → Berrien County Juvenile Center → Eau Claire High School → WAY Eau Claire → Buchanan High School →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 2 physics · 5 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 47% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 12% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Berrien Springs Virtual Academy compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyMI sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Berrien Springs High School, Berrien Springs Discovery Academy, Blossomland Learning Center and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 47% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 12% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
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.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +19.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 213 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $16,838 per student in district revenue, the 305 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $5,135,590/year in additional funding.
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.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berrien Springs High School BERRIEN SPRINGS |
Public | 0.2 | 554 | +5.1% |
| Berrien Springs Discovery Academy BERRIEN SPRGS |
Public | 0.3 | 74 | -12.9% |
| Blossomland Learning Center BERRIEN SPRINGS |
Public | 0.5 | 25 | — |
| Andrews Academy Berrien Springs |
Private | 1.0 | 244 | -1.2% |
| Berrien County Juvenile Center BERRIEN CENTER |
Public | 2.4 | 9 | — |
| Eau Claire High School EAU CLAIRE |
Public | 3.2 | 180 | -10.9% |
| WAY Eau Claire EAU CLAIRE |
Public | 3.7 | 35 | — |
| Buchanan High School BUCHANAN |
Public | 8.3 | 428 | +0.7% |