Mason City Virtual Academy
Mason City · IA · Mason City Comm School District · Public · K-12 combined
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West Central Charter High School → Woodward Academy → Great Oaks High School and Career Center → Westside Junior-Senior High School → Lake Mills Senior High School → Empowering Excellence Charter School → Springville Secondary School → Tri-County JR/SR High School →📋 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 Mason City Virtual Academy compares for families
What families should know about Mason City Virtual Academy.
- ▸ LocallyIA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: West Central Charter High School, Woodward Academy, Great Oaks High School and Career Center 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.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Iowa
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $22,531/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -1.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 88 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.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Central Charter High School Maynard |
Public · charter | 70.2 | 97 | +12.8% |
| Woodward Academy Woodward |
Public | 96.3 | 100 | -2.0% |
| Great Oaks High School and Career Center Des Moines |
Public · charter | 107.7 | 72 | — |
| Westside Junior-Senior High School Westside |
Public | 123.3 | 65 | +18.2% |
| Lake Mills Senior High School Lake Mills |
Public | 25.8 | 193 | -9.8% |
| Empowering Excellence Charter School Cedar Rapids |
Public · charter | 111.4 | 120 | — |
| Springville Secondary School Springville |
Public | 115.8 | 126 | +1.6% |
| Tri-County JR/SR High School Thornburg |
Public | 124.8 | 58 | -18.3% |